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7.61 Uneven Distribution of Natural Resources Worksheet

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Uneven Distribution of Natural Resources - Which explanation best links geoscience processes to uneven resource distribution? (NGSS MS‑ESS3‑1)

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Problem 1Difficulty: Mastery

A region has coal, oil, and abundant groundwater. The rocks include thick sandstones, shales, and occasional coal seams. The area is far from volcanoes.

Which explanation best links the region’s resources to past geoscience processes?

AResources are randomly placed and do not depend on past environments.

BVolcanic eruptions directly made coal, oil, and groundwater.

CMountains made of granite always contain the most oil.

DLong-term sediment deposition in a basin created permeable sandstones for aquifers and reservoirs, while swamp and marine environments preserved organic matter that later became coal and oil.

Solution & Explanation:Sedimentary basins can create multiple resources: sandstones can store groundwater and act as oil reservoirs; shales can act as seals; and organic-rich layers from swamps or seas can become coal or oil. This explanation ties uneven distribution to past depositional environments and burial.

Problem 2Difficulty: Mastery

A sandstone aquifer is widespread, but only the portion below a thick shale cap contains usable groundwater under pressure. Where the shale is eroded away, the sandstone is dry. "

Which explanation best links geologic sealing to this pattern?,A. Sandstone cannot hold groundwater. | B. The shale cap reduced evaporation and helped keep groundwater confined; without the cap

Solution & Explanation:limiting leakage and helping store water in a permeable layer. If erosion removes the cap

Problem 3Difficulty: Mastery

A mountain range contains a massive sulfide deposit that formed on the seafloor long ago. The deposit is now far inland.

Which explanation best links plate tectonics to this change in location?

AOceanic crust carrying the deposit moved with a plate and was later uplifted and accreted onto the continent during collision.

BThe deposit formed inland and then became ocean floor.

CThe deposit floated inland on seawater.

DThe deposit was carried inland by wind.

Solution & Explanation:Seafloor deposits form at underwater hydrothermal systems. Plate motion can transport oceanic crust toward a continent, where it may be scraped off, uplifted, and added to the continent during collision, moving the deposit inland and upward.

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