Energy Resources & Mining in Michigan

Deposits of ____ were formed during the time the Mid-Continental rift was active and hydrothermal vents formed on the floor of the ocean that covered Michigan at that time.

Which of these are natural resources? Select each that apply.

What fossil fuel is burned to produce most of our electricity in the United States?

What two minerals dominated the economy of the Upper Peninsula 100 years ago?

Oil, natural gas, and coal are all ____ fuels. They are nonrenewable resources that took millions of years to form.

To transport copper and iron ore from the U.P. to smelters and steel mills elsewhere in the United States, the ___ were built.

A ___ plant uses water pressure to spin turbine blades to generate electricity.

Coal-fired power plants, geothermal power plants, and nuclear power plants all use ___ to turn turbines to spin generators to make electricity.