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Geology Section 7.1 Homework: Mineral Resources: Due Friday, 10/25/13
Read Section 7.1, pages 144-147. Answer the questions that follow.
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Last Name, First Name
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Period (Do not put nd, rd, or th after the number!)
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Minerals are ___________________ resources. It is therefore of utmost importance that we conserve and recycle these resources whenever possible.
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renewable
non-renewable
How many Earths full of mineral and petroleum resources would be needed to sustain an American way of living for all inhabitants of the planet?
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2
4
10
6
100
Look at the map of World Mineral Resources on page 146. Where would you find bauxite, the ore of aluminum, which is used to make cans, airplanes, and so many other things?
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The United States
Australia and South America and India
Greenland
Europe
What do platinum, magnesium, cobalt, chromium, tin, and nickel have in common?
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They are abundant in the United States
They all must be imported in to the United States
They are all precious metals
Options 2 and 3 are correct.
Write a short essay where you describe the inevitability of declining mineral resources. How will humans adapt to an increasing population that desires to become like the United States and the quest for non-renewable resources? How will humans need to adapt and change?
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