Someone has offered you shares in a sure-shot wildcat oil-drilling venture in the Sierra Nevada of
California. Which of the following is the most important reason you should reject his shady offer?
a. The Sierra Nevada is composed of granitic and metamorphic rocks.
b. There is no prior oil or gas production in California.
c. Drilling is prohibited in the entire Sierra Nevada because it is all national forest.
d. Oil and gas production only occurs at present day plate boundaries.
e. Movement along the San Andreas fault has caused all existing oil to leak to the surface.
A
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Why doesn't uranium ore spontaneously undergo a chain reaction?
A. Uranium ore must be "weapons' grade" in order for it to undergo chain reaction. B. Uranium ore is mostly non-fissionable isotope U-238 and undergoes a chain reaction only if mixed with a moderator to slow down the neutrons. C. Uranium ore, mostly U-235, must be enriched with U-238 in order for it to undergo a chain reaction. D. Uranium ore does spontaneously undergo slow chain reaction over time finally resulting in it becoming lead.
The US Senate has so far opposed emissions reductions on the grounds that ___.
a. the US does not emit significant amounts of greenhouse gas. b. no other nations have pledged reductions c. it might hurt the economy d. President Obama rejected the scientific basis of global climate change
Yellowstone National Park is Earth's premiere location for hydrothermal features. Explain why this is so and then explain the cause and form of five types of hydrothermal features found in Yellowstone
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