Energy and Fossil Fuels Objective Sheet
Chapters 3 and 14
Name _____________________
Period ________ Date _______
Answer the questions on a separate piece of paper. Skip three lines between each answer. Part of your
grade will be based on notes added to your original answers.
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Explain in detail how hydraulic fracturing (fracking) is done.
Identify and explain the economic and national security benefits of fracking.
Identify and explain the environmental effects of fracking.
Identify the names and locations of the significant shale plays in the US.
Identify when fracking was first developed and when it became widely used. Explain why fracking
wasn’t used widely right away.
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Describe the formation of oil, natural gas and coal in the carbon cycle. Explain how the use of fossil
fuels changes the balance of the carbon cycle.
Identify the key difference between a renewable fuel (or resource) and a nonrenewable fuel (or
resource). Give several examples of each.
Why are hydrocarbons a good source of fuel?
What is the difference between a resource and a reserve?
Distinguish among primary, secondary, and tertiary oil recovery.
How does 3D seismic imaging increase reserves?
Describe petroleum refining – what happens in a refining distillation column and what products are
created?
What is OPEC and how does OPEC control global oil prices?
Identify the major petrochemical exporting regions of the world.
What changes have the recent discoveries of new petrochemical reserves in the US created?
Explain the concept of net energy and state its significance in evaluating energy resources.
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17. Briefly summarize the effects of an oil spill. Describe physical, biological and chemical remediation
approaches.
18. What and where was the Exxon Valdez accident? Describe what happened and the effects of the
accident.
19. Compare the Macando Deep Water Horizon BP accident to the Exxon Valdez accident.
20. Contrast “unconventionals” to the more common petroleum production systems.
21. Define tar sands and oil shales. Compare their net energy value to natural gas and petroleum.
22. Describe the Keystone pipeline: Where does it already exist, what new section may be built, what are
the tradeoffs associated with this project?
23. What and where is ANWR? What arguments are there for drilling in this area, what arguments are
there to not drill there?
24. Contrast kinetic and potential energy and give examples of each.
25. Why are heat and electricity considered kinetic energy? (What is moving?)
26. Explain the first and second laws of thermodynamics. Give examples to illustrate each law.
27. Describe the stages of coal formation including the relative water, carbon and sulfur content at each
stage.
28. What three countries have the greatest supply of coal? How many years’ worth of coal does the US
have?
29. Which air pollutants are emitted by the burning of coal?
30. List advantages and disadvantages of using coal as a fuel source.
31. Compare subsurface mining, strip mining and mountain top removal.
32. What power plant do we get energy from?
33. Describe how a typical electric power plant operates.
34. What technologies can be used to reduce air pollution from coal?
35. What types of coal are found in the Rockies and the Appalacians?
36. Describe coal gasification. Why is this referred to as “clean coal”? What pollutant does it emit? What
global environmental issue is this pollutant most closely associated with?
Check out National Geographic’s graphics on fracking!
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2010/10/101022-breaking-fuel-from-the-rock/ (try typing
“breaking fuel from the rock” into the search on the nationalgeographic.com site!)
Monday, Jan 5
Tuesday Jan 6
Wednesday Jan 7/Thursday Jan 8
Friday Jan 9
Welcome back!
Current topic:
Fracking – what
are the tradeoffs?
Tree Map stamped
Two fracking
articles due
HW – Read
Chronicle article
and create a Tree
Map classifying
impacts of
fracking boom;
research two
additional articles
on fracking due
Friday
HW – Research two fracking articles
and write summaries
Monday, Jan 12
Tuesday Jan 13
Wednesday Jan 14/Thursday Jan 15
Friday Jan 16
Fracking FR due
(turn in Tree Map
and two articles
too)
Quiz – Obj #6-19
Notes: Coal and Electricity production
APES math
strategies!
Notes:
Unconventionals
HW – Read sections 3.4 and 3.7 in
textbook. Answer objectives #24-26
HW – Comparison
of Macando and
Valdez spills;
Study for quiz
Monday Jan 19
Tuesday Jan 20
Wednesday Jan 21/Thursday Jan 22
Friday Jan 23
No school –
MLK day
Turn in Fracking
Free Response
TEST – Fossil Fuels
Start Climate unit
Notes – Oil: from formation to refinery
Last name assignments:
A-E: Benefits of fracking
F-K: Water pollution and fracking
L-Q: Water use and fracking
R-T: What oil companies say about
fracking
U-Z: Earthquake activity and fracking
Activity: Oil
spill!
Review day
HW – review for
test;
Socratic Dialog:
What regulations
should companies
have to follow
when fracking?
HW – Free
Response:
Fracking
HW – Free
Response due
Tuesday