As nonrenewable mineral resources are depleted, experts are particularly concerned about manganese, cobalt, chromium, and platinum, which are
a. trace metal resources
b. strategic metal resources
c. biogenic metal resources
d. magma metal resources
e. trace metal resources
B
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According to our text, rainforest destruction, biodiversity, topsoil conservation, water quality, water quantity, and global climate are associated with
A) industrial beef production. B) community supported agriculture. C) pastoral nomadism. D) urban agriculture. E) biopharming.
The characteristics of braided streams include:
a. high width/depth ratio and high bed load percentage b. low width/depth ratio and low bed load percentage c. high width/depth ratio and low bed load percentage d. low width/depth ratio and high bed load percentage
An accretionary prism is
A. a triangular-shaped sedimentary structure that allows light to pass through it and into lower areas of the crust. B. an active volcanic arc created by the subduction of one slab of ocean-crust-capped lithosphere beneath another. C. a sedimentary basin formed between a mountain range and the continental interior. D. a wedge-shaped zone of faults, folds, and metamorphosed rocks formed along the upper parts of a subduction zone as material is scraped off.
Identify and discuss the three types of capital.
What will be an ideal response?