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- 1. Multiple Choice
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.
iron
copper
aluminum
zinc
- 2. Multiple Choice
Which of these are natural resources? Select each that apply.
Your cell phone
coal
iron ore
soil
- 3. Multiple Choice
What fossil fuel is burned to produce most of our electricity in the United States?
coal
oil
natural gas
wood
- 4. Multiple Choice
What two minerals dominated the economy of the Upper Peninsula 100 years ago?
copper and gypsum
rock salt and iron ore
copper and iron ore
copper and rock salt
- 5. Multiple Choice
Oil, natural gas, and coal are all ____ fuels. They are nonrenewable resources that took millions of years to form.
automotive
fossil
biomass
- 6. Multiple Choice
To transport copper and iron ore from the U.P. to smelters and steel mills elsewhere in the United States, the ___ were built.
Erie Canal
Soo Locks
Both of these
Neither of these
- 7. Multiple Choice
A ___ plant uses water pressure to spin turbine blades to generate electricity.
solar electric
geothermal
hydropower
wind power
- 8. Multiple Choice
Coal-fired power plants, geothermal power plants, and nuclear power plants all use ___ to turn turbines to spin generators to make electricity.
wind
water
high pressure steam
radioactivity
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