APES UNIT 6 Earth SYSTEMS

The process of nutrients or pollutants moving through soil due to water movement ...

Which law does not relate to limiting and reducing green house gases in the troposphere?

What would be the most likely cause of the presence of cadmium and arsenic in soils?

Which country uses the most crude oil ?

Mining method used for ores deep underground such as copper, opals and other precious metals

Which rock type is created by the part of the crust being subducted at a convergent zone?

which type of rock below is most likely to contain fossils?

Which location on the map has a subduction zone involved with it?

Which country uses the greatest amount of coal for energy production?

Which is the correct order in which coal is formed over the past 300 millions of years?

Which below is NOT a step in the reclamation of mines under SMCRA?

Which below is the best example of biomass as a fuel .

All below are environmental degradation due to coal mining except

Heavy metals that both cause neurological problems & can bio-magnify at the top of a food chain

Which example below was a Man-made disaster relating to a Brown field?

Acids formed from lichens dissolve the rock they are found on breaking it down into sand

Where would you find a transform fault?

Which below is a method to mitigate coal mining leaching of sulfur compounds into soils ?

Which toxic chemicals below are released into the atmosphere from coal burning?

The San Andreas Fault .....

Which two plates below would have a convergent plate boundary ?

Which country has the greatest known reserves of crude oil?

Which rock type below includes sapphires, rubies, diamonds, and emeralds ?

Which one below is NOT a possible poison caused by the mining or burning of coal?

Use the soil triangle to solve what soil type would be 25% silt, 60% sand, 25% clay

Which below would be an example of BMP( best management practices for farming

The B-horizon of soil is characterized mainly by ...

Which is NOT a method for the remediation of mining tailings due to coal leaching sulfur ?

Which would be the most effective way to make planet earth sustainable?

Which mineral (rock) below is metamorphic in nature?

Which mineral below is igneous in nature

The lowest form of coal is.....

Requires an Environmental impact statement to be written (EIS) before building

Where would the biggest divergent zone be found?

The purest form of coal and the one with the most energy value

Which below is NOT a step in the mitigation of mines under SMCRA?

which below is not a physical characteristic of soil?

The process of separating out wanted metals from unwanted metals by heating to melting point

Mountain ranges are formed

Which below has the least permeability?

Which below would have the least effect on the permeability of soil?

Which mining technique is the least harmful to the environment

Using the map , where would the largest divergent zone be found?

Plants eliminate _________ while producing_______

What two elements are the main two found in the earths crust?