Chapter 19: Conv Energy
APES
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Conventional Energy Overview
Using the website below, please follow the directions for reinforcement concepts for non-renewable
resources.
http://ogoapes.weebly.com/unit-11--energy-fossil-fuels-and-alternative-energy-sources.html
1. Go the video on carbon—it is the first video showing 2 atoms. Video is approximately 10 minutes
long. Focus on these questions:
a. What is the importance of carbon?
b. Where did carbon come from?
c. Where is it found?
2. Go to the video titled “Crude”. Answer these questions:
a. How was oil formed?
b. Name key points about the effects of using fossil fuels on global warming.
3. Watch the video on “Will we ever run out of oil” an Instant Egghead overview by Scientific
American. What is their take on running out of oil?
4. Watch the “Post Carbon” video about how fossil fuels have changed the environment. Take notes
on the various changes over the years.
5. Watch “How to Profit from Carbon”.
a. What is carbon capture?
b. What are the ways of reducing carbon dioxide in the atmosphere in the future?
6. Watch the video “Alaska’s Last Oil”.
a. Why are the oil companies so interested in ANWR?
b. If a pipeline is placed there, what is the concern?
c. State the environmental concerns about the crash of the Exxon Valdez.
d. Explain where the oil comes from? How much oil has been currently extracted from Central
California?
6. Watch the APES in a Box on Natural Gas.
a. What is the difference between LPG, LNG and Synthetic Natural Gas?
b. What is coal gasification?
c. Advantages of using Natural Gas.
D. Disadvantages of using Natural Gas:
7. Watch the APES in a Box on Coal.
a. Name the types of coal and give a brief description of each.
8. Watch the APES in a Box on Shale Oil and Tar Sands
a. What is Shale Oil?
b. What are Tar Sands?
c. How they related to fossil fuels?
9. Watch the APES in a Box on Oil:
a. What is fractional distillation and its importance.