Fossil Fuels Webquest
1. Choose a fossil fuel.
a. What is it comprised of? Where on earth can you find it?
b. Which countries use it the most?
c. Specifically which countries have the most of it?
d. Where did you find this information?
2. What is natural gas made from? (pg 305 and 306 in text)
3. Where can natural gas be found in the United States? Where are some
depositional basins?
4. What are the benefits of natural gas in Indiana?
http://www.anga.us/why-natural-gas/jobs/natural-gas-in-mystate#.UWMPn9HErGI
5. Find a state with fewer benefits from natural gas – and provide details.
6. Find a state with a very high number of benefits from natural gas – provide
details
7. List 4 benefits provided by natural gas http://www.anga.us/why-naturalgas/jobs/us-natural-gas-benefits#.UWMQydHErGI
8. What is shale gas? http://www.anga.us/media/content/F7D1750E-9C1EE786-674372E5D5E98A40/files/shale-gas-economic-impact-dec-2011.pdf ,
and also http://geology.com/energy/shale-gas/
9. Which states seem to have the most abundant sources of “shale plays”
(locations with natural gas) http://www.anga.us/why-natural-
gas/abundant/shale-plays#.UWMSv9HErGI , and
http://geology.com/energy/shale-gas/
10. How much money will this relatively new source of energy (shale gas), save
the average American household? http://www.anga.us/why-naturalgas/abundant/shale-plays#.UWMSv9HErGI
11. What are 5 ways shale gas is important? http://www.anga.us/why-naturalgas/abundant/how-its-used#.UWMTjNHErGI
12. Which locations have the most proven oil (pg 307) reserves in the US?
http://www.eia.gov/naturalgas/crudeoilreserves/
13. Explain primary production vs enhanced recovery of oil
http://igs.indiana.edu/pdms/Help/Secondary_Oil_Production.htm , and pg
306
From this point on, answers in book, starting at pg 320:
14. Why is coal particularly important for Americans?
15. How responsible are coal companies/ coal-burning power plants for
pollution?
16. What effect did the Clean Air Amendment have on emissions produced by
these companies?
17. How can these companies improve/reduce their emissions? (7 reasons)
18. What are the 3 major issues with coal usage?
19. What effect would “allowance trading” have on the coal industry?
BACK TO THE WEBQUEST
20. What is oil shale? http://ostseis.anl.gov/guide/oilshale/
21. What are 3 ways that oil shale is more difficult to obtain/use that regular
liquid oil
22. I thought to “retort” meant to come up with a snappy comeback. What does
“retorting” have to do with oil shales?
23. Where are the largest deposits of oil shale?
24. What are 2 reasons that oil shale usage is not that popular?
25. Where are 2 methods of oil shale mining that have been considered?