Chapter 14: Energy Resources- Fossil Fuels
the low quality of the oil.
All of the following are problems in the development of oil shale in the U.S. as a viable energy resource except...
primary recovery
An oil well "gusher" would be an example of...
natural gas.
As heat and pressure act upon petroleum, it finally becomes...
increases.
As societies evolve from primitive to technological, the energy consumption associated with agriculture...
True
Coal formation from land plants takes place under conditions in which oxygen is absent, or nearly so.
graphite.
Coal subjected to overly high temperatures will metamorphose into...
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Coal supplies about ______ percent of the energy used in the U.S
natural gas.
Geopressurized zones might one day become an important source of...
False
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.
25
Natural gas supplies about _______ percent of the energy used in the U.S.
False
Oil and natural gas are believed to have formed from the bodies of large land animals as dinosaurs.
1) fossil fuels 2) hydrocarbon fuel 3) nonrenewable resources
Oil, natural gas, and coal are examples of...
42
One barrel of oil is equal to how many gallons?
40
Petroleum accounts for about _______ percent of the energy used in the United States.
False
The U.S. consumes about 10% of all the world's oil resources.
oil shale.
The U.S. has about two-thirds of the world's known resources of...
False
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.
True
The U.S. obtains almost 90% of its energy from fossil fuels.
an underground coal-mine fire.
The environmental disaster that has effected the town of Centralia, Pennsylvania was caused by...
kerogen.
The hydrocarbon fuel in oil shale is...
coal.
The largest recoverable U.S. energy reserve is...
Saudi Arabia.
The nation having the largest proven reserves of crude oil is...
False
The potential fuel in tar sands is a waxy solid called kerogen.
gas hydrates.
The reservoir now believed to contain the largest amount of carbon is...
True
The richest oil shale deposits in the U.S. occur in the western gates of Colorado, Utah and Wyoming.
sulfur.
The substance found in coal that contributes to acid rainfall is...
anaerobic
The term _______________ describes processes that occur in the absence of oxygen.
Exxon Valdez spill
The worst oil spill in the U.S. water was the...
anthracite
Which of the following fuels would give off the most heat per given unit weight?
Oil shale
__________ _______________ is a sedimentary rock containing waxy hydrocarbon fuel called kerogen.
Methane
__________ is the most common gaseous hydrocarbon in natural gas.
Tar sands
___________ _____________ are sedimentary rocks containing a viscous, tar-like petroleum.
Fossil fuels
____________ ___________ are hydrocarbon energy sources formed from the remains of once-living organisms.
Oil
____________, or petroleum, is not a single chemical compound, but a liquid mixture of various hydrocarbons.
Lignite
______________ is a soft, brown coal formed directly from peat.
Nonrenewable
__________________ energy resources are those not being replenished or from on a human time scale.
Gasification
_____________________ is the process by which coal is converted into a gaseous hydrocarbon fuel.
Liquefaction
________________________ is the process by which coal is converted into a liquid hydrocarbon fuel.