Minerals and Human Uses

What are the 3 main fossil fuels?

• Coal, Oil, and Gasoline
• Coal, Oil, and Natural Gas
• Electricity, Gasoline, Petroleum
• Coal, Oil, Non-renewable Resources

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Fossil Fuels formed over long periods of time after particles in water settled to the sea floor and formed marine mud.  What kinds of particles needed to be present in the marine mud in order for fossil fuels to form.

• Mostly sand and a few small bits of wood
• Mostly decaying organisms
• Mostly lava and a few sedimentary rocks
• Mostly metal minerals

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Fossil fuels are classified as nonrenewable because they.......

• require expensive equipment
• take millions of years to replace
• can be found all over 
• provide all the energy we use

What is the definition of a renewable resource?

• things that don't run out
• things that do run out
• stuff that makes things happen
• none of the above

Used for coins, jewellery and electrical conductors

• gold

• zinc

• silver

• hematite

• limestone

Primarily used for building plaster and food additives

• gypsum

• halite

• phosphate

• mica

• sulfur

Used to make electrical wires, brass, bronze, coins, plumbing and jewerly

• copper

• coal

• zinc

• gold

• silica

used to make fertilizer and pest control

• sulfur

• limestone

• hematite

• phosphate

• halite

Which of the following is a mineral that is mined as a nuclear fuel source?

• coltan

• tantalum

• salt

• uranium

which of the following is used for batteries, construction and radiation shielding

• zinc

• lead

• cadmium

• lanthanum