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Chapter 13A California's Resources and Nafural Hazards

Section 13A.1 California's Mineral,Energy, and Soil ResourcesThis section describes California's physical features and geology, as well as itsmineral, energyt and soil resources.

Reading StrategySummarizing Fillin the table as you read to summarize California'sresources. For more information on this Reading Strategy, see theReading and Study Skills in the Skills and Reference Handbook atthe end of your textbook.

Geology of GaliforniaMatch mch method of formation with the correct landform or type of landform.

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Large slabs of crust were stuckontothe North American plate.

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Abasin filled with sedimentwashed from nearby mountains.

An uplifted mass of rock formedfrom cooled, hardened magma.

Landform

a. Cascade Range volcanoes

b. Cerrtral Valley

c. Sierra Nevada mountains

d. Coast Ranges

e. sand dunes in Mojave desert

California Resource How the Resource Formed Where the Resource Occurs

lndustrial Minerals a. b.

Metallic Minerals c. d.

Nonmetallic Minerals e. L

Oiland NaturalGas g. h.

Geothermal Energy t. i.

Soils k. t.

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Galifornia's Mineral Resources6. @E Use the graph to identify California's

three most economically ipportantcategories of industrial minerals.

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California MineralsTotalValue (2002): $3.52 billion

Boronminerals

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How is the formation of thenonmetallic minerals boratesand gypsum similar?

Sand and gravel

Galifornia's Energy Resources9. @ Circle the letter of the phrase that correctly explains the

formation of California's oil and nafural gas resources.

a. subduction of an oceanic plate beneath a land plate

b. changes to tiny marine organisms buried by sediment onthe ocean floor

c. burial and compression of plant material over millions of years

d. erosion by mountain streams

1,0. To harness geothermal energy, engineers drill wells into rock totaP that forms whenheats groundwater near the surface.

Galifornia's Soil Resources11. @ Write a description of the soils in each of the following areas.

Coast Ranges:

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Central Valley:

Mojave Desert:

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