Chapter 14: Energy Resources- Fossil Fuels
Oil, natural gas, and coal are examples of...
1) fossil fuels 2) hydrocarbon fuel 3) nonrenewable resources
________________________ is the process by which coal is converted into a liquid hydrocarbon fuel.
Liquefaction
__________ is the most common gaseous hydrocarbon in natural gas.
Methane
The nation having the largest proven reserves of crude oil is...
Saudi Arabia.
The environmental disaster that has effected the town of Centralia, Pennsylvania was caused by...
an underground coal-mine fire.
The term _______________ describes processes that occur in the absence of oxygen.
anaerobic
As heat and pressure act upon petroleum, it finally becomes...
natural gas.
____________ ___________ are hydrocarbon energy sources formed from the remains of once-living organisms.
Fossil fuels
_____________________ is the process by which coal is converted into a gaseous hydrocarbon fuel.
Gasification
___________ _____________ are sedimentary rocks containing a viscous, tar-like petroleum.
Tar sands
The largest recoverable U.S. energy reserve is...
coal.
The reservoir now believed to contain the largest amount of carbon is...
gas hydrates.
Coal subjected to overly high temperatures will metamorphose into...
graphite.
As societies evolve from primitive to technological, the energy consumption associated with agriculture...
increases.
The hydrocarbon fuel in oil shale is...
kerogen.
Geopressurized zones might one day become an important source of...
natural gas.
The U.S. has about two-thirds of the world's known resources of...
oil shale.
An oil well "gusher" would be an example of...
primary recovery
The substance found in coal that contributes to acid rainfall is...
sulfur.
All of the following are problems in the development of oil shale in the U.S. as a viable energy resource except...
the low quality of the oil.
__________ _______________ is a sedimentary rock containing waxy hydrocarbon fuel called kerogen.
Oil shale
Which of the following fuels would give off the most heat per given unit weight?
anthracite
The U.S. has about two-thirds of the world's supply of tar sands.
False
The U.S. has consumed about half of its total coal resources.
False
The potential fuel in tar sands is a waxy solid called kerogen.
False
Coal supplies about ______ percent of the energy used in the U.S
25
Natural gas supplies about _______ percent of the energy used in the U.S.
25
Petroleum accounts for about _______ percent of the energy used in the United States.
40
One barrel of oil is equal to how many gallons?
42
The worst oil spill in the U.S. water was the...
Exxon Valdez spill
Most petroleum is found in rocks no older that one to two million years old.
False
Most petroleum source rocks are highly permeable, course-grained, clastic sedimentary rocks.
False
Oil and natural gas are believed to have formed from the bodies of large land animals as dinosaurs.
False
The U.S. consumes about 10% of all the world's oil resources.
False
______________ is a soft, brown coal formed directly from peat.
Lignite
__________________ energy resources are those not being replenished or from on a human time scale.
Nonrenewable
____________, or petroleum, is not a single chemical compound, but a liquid mixture of various hydrocarbons.
Oil
Coal formation from land plants takes place under conditions in which oxygen is absent, or nearly so.
True
The U.S. obtains almost 90% of its energy from fossil fuels.
True
The richest oil shale deposits in the U.S. occur in the western gates of Colorado, Utah and Wyoming.
True