Chapter 6
DOUBLE
What famous poem is known for its quote on water?
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
What are reserves, as discussed in Chapter 7?
How much of a resource is thought to be in the ground/available
A country has 1,000 million barrels of oil reserves and produces 100 million barrels of oil per year. What is the R/P ratio for this country?
10 years
R/P ratio = 1,000÷100=10 years.
How many metals increased their R/P ratio from the 2000's to the 2010's?
3
Nickel
Copper
Silver
What are stores and flows?
stores are places where water is stored
flows are how stores move from one reserve to another
What important quote from the poem in Chapter 6 should we remember?
Water, water, everywhere, nor any drop to drink.
What is production, as stated in Chapter 7?
How much of a resource is taken from the ground
A nation produces 50 million tonnes of coal annually and has 2,500 million tonnes in reserves.
R/P ratio = 2,500÷50=50 years.
Per the global water stores graph, what percentage does the ocean take up?
97%
What are the three types of mining?
Open-pit
Strip
Underground
Define groundwater
Water that stays in the ground and is recycled
What percentage of our energy use is dedicated to industrial usage?
48%
Country A has 300 million tonnes of natural gas reserves and produces 15 million tonnes per year.
Country B has 500 million tonnes of natural gas reserves but produces 25 million tonnes per year.
Both are the same at 20 years.
Country A:
Reserves = 300 million tonnes, Production = 15 million tonnes/year
R/P ratio = 300÷15=20 years
Country B:
Reserves = 500 million tonnes, Production = 25 million tonnes/year
R/P ratio = 500÷25=20 years
Per the global freshwater graph, what percent does the atmosphere take up?
DOUBLE
Nothing/negligible
Which form of mining is the most dangerous, but cheapest?
Why is water so important to Indigenous tribes?
Their connection to Earth takes up their entire culture
Which mineral must be found in order to ensure a dimaond reserve is underground?
Kimberlite
A country’s copper reserves are 400 million tonnes. It produces 20 million tonnes per year.
If the production rate increases to 25 million tonnes per year, the reserves will last 16 years instead of 20.
Which metal dropped from 180 R/P in the 2000's to 130 R/P in the 2010's?
Bauxite
What percentage of Canadas land is class 7?
Describe an Indigenous water ceremony
An Indigenous water ceremony is a sacred gathering where participants honor water as a life-giving force. Through prayers, songs, and offerings, they express gratitude and emphasize the importance of protecting water for future generations.
Why would there be a R/P ratio of 0 for diamonds in 1988?
No diamond reserves were found before 1988, due to most of them being under glaciers
A mining company produces 10 million tonnes of iron ore annually and has a reserve of 300 million tones.
Current: 30 years
With New: 35 years
Per the images on page 160, how old is kimberlite usually expected to be?
60 million years
Which class of land should not be considered fair farmland?
Category 4, as it only exists to make stats look better