Question

The combination of two or more metals are known as:
(2 Points)


Alloys

Gravity

Insulators

Gangue minerals
2.This form of heating gathers solar energy by collectors to heat water or heat a building:
(2 Points)


Active solar heating

Gravity

Passive solar heating

Active lunar heating
3.Resources from the remains of ancient organisms; used faster than they can be replaced:
(2 Points)


Renewable energy

Alternative energy

Gravity

Nonrenewable energy
4.Minerals with no real commercial value:
(2 Points)


Valuable minerals

Gravity

Gangue minerals

Ore minerals
5.A naturally occurring, usually inorganic solid that has a characteristic chemical composition, an orderly internal structure, and a characteristic set of physical properties:
(2 Points)


Element

Compound

Mineral

Gravity
6.This type of subsurface mining occurs when a machine (called a shearer) moves back and forth across the face of the ore mine tunnel:
(2 Points)


Solution mining

Short wall mining

Gravity

Longwall mining
7.The following term refers to a device that produces electricity chemically by combining hydrogen fuel with oxygen from the air:
(2 Points)


Battery

Gravity

Gas tank

Fuel cell
8.Tidal power plants generate energy from the movement of the:
(2 Points)


Large turbines turned by the movement of air masses across the surface of the oceanic waters.

Oceanic tides

Flowing of rivers into the oceans

Gravity
9.This form of heating uses the sun's energy to heat something directly:
(2 Points)


Active solar heating

Active lunar heating

Passive solar heating

Gravity
10.Which of the following terms describes energy that does not come from fossil fuels, but is still in development?
(2 Points)


Grunge energy

Alternative energy

Gravity

Classical energy
11.The process of returning land to its original or better condition after mining is completed is called:
(2 Points)


Gravity

Reconstruction

Reclamation

Recognition
12.Which of the following is an accurate list of fossil fuels?
(2 Points)


Hydrogen, tidal power, hybrid

Gravity

Solar, wind, water, geothermal, biomass

Coal, oil, natural gas
13.The energy found in the nucleus of the atom:
(2 Points)


Hydroelectric energy

Atomic energy

Nuclear energy

Gravity
14.What is the difference between nuclear fission and nuclear fusion?
(2 Points)


Gravity

Nuclear fission separates the electrons from the atoms while nuclear fusion combines atoms with more electrons than they can hold.

Nuclear fission splits the atomic nucleus while nuclear fusion combines two atomic nuclei.

Nuclear fission combines two atomic nuclei while nuclear fusion splits the atomic nucleus.
15.This form of energy is generated by the movement of air masses across the surface of the Earth:
(2 Points)


Gravity

Hydro power

Solar energy

Wind power
16.Which of the following is an example of an advantage AND a disadvantage of nuclear energy?
(2 Points)


Advantage: Building the nuclear power plants is not that expensive. Disadvantage: the energy produced by uranium is relatively small.

Advantage: nuclear power plants produce no greenhouse gases. Disadvantage: the storing and processing waste is dangerous and remains radioactive for 1000s of years.

Advantage: nuclear power plants produce a lot of greenhouse gases. Disadvantage: maintaining safe reactors can be very expensive.

Gravity
17.What is the most widely used atom in nuclear fusion?
(2 Points)


Uranium

Plutonium

Hydrogen

Gravity
18.Minerals that are valuable and economical to extract:
(2 Points)


Gangue minerals

Ore minerals

Gravity

Valuable minerals
19.What is the most widely used atom in nuclear fission?
(2 Points)


Hydrogen

Plutonium

Uranium

Gravity
20.Which of the following methods of mining would you use if the ore deposits are close to the surface of the earth?
(2 Points)


Subsurface mining

Surface mining

Deep-sea mining

Gravity

Answer 1

1. Alloys
2. Active solar heating
3. Nonrenewable energy
4. Gangue minerals
5. Mineral
6. Longwall mining
7. Fuel cell
8. Oceanic tides
9. Passive solar heating
10. Alternative energy
11. Reclamation
12. Coal, oil, natural gas
13. Nuclear energy
14. Nuclear fission splits the atomic nucleus; nuclear fusion combines two atomic nuclei.
15. Wind power
16. Advantage: nuclear plants produce no greenhouse gases. Disadvantage: radioactive waste is dangerous and lasts for thousands of years.
17. Hydrogen
18. Ore minerals
19. Uranium
20. Surface mining