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| petroleum (oil and natural gas), coal, uranium, geothermal resources |
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| iron, copper, aluminum, ;ead, zinc, gold, silver |
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| Non-metal ersources- types |
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| groundwater, sand and gravel, limestone, building stone, salt, sulfur, gems, gypsum, phosphates |
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| Ranking of use of energy resources:coal, nuclear energy, oil, and natural gas most to least used from 1850 to 2000 |
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| highest- Nuclear energy,natural gas, oil, coal |
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| Chemicals that make up oil and natural gas are |
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| the bodies of dead planton and algae |
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| how are oil and natural gas formed |
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| buried at depth heats the shale and oil and gas form at specific temp. ranges |
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| petrolium can be stroed and transmitted (sandstone) |
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| to be a resovoir rock it must have high ___ and ____ |
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high porosity and permeability
pore spaces can hold oil or gassandstone is good
permeability so oil can travel |
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| tar-like "heavy oil" found alberta and venezuela and cannot be directl taken from ground |
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| sand or sandstone containing large levels of bitumen |
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| 6) What are gas hydrate, and where do they occur |
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| Methane (CH4) and frozen beneath sea floor |
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| Where is the most of the world's oil found? At present rates of consumption, how long will it last? |
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| Coal what si it and where does it form? |
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| carbon rich sedimentary rock (remains of organic matter from vegitation) forms in carboniferous- warm climate, broad shollow seas, tropical deltaic wetlands and Cretaceous |
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| Teh higher the carbon the higher the rank Peat, lignite, bituminous, anthrecite |
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uranium- power nuclear generators
adv- no green house emitions
dis.- accidents and incorrect disposal |
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