Alexis
6/6/23
GEOG100
12.3 Non-Renewable Resources-- Oil
1.
Summarize: What are
two things you learned
from your assigned
section of the textbook chapter? Crude oil is the leading source of
primary energy consumed in the world. And since crude oil is
extracted from the ground it must be refined.
2.
Define: Identify and
define one term
that is useful to understand
this reading. Fracking- process of injecting chemically treated water
and sand underground to breakopen tight oil bearing rock
formations.
3.
Question: What are
two questions that you thought of
while reading
the section? How can fracking be damaging? Is fracking harmful for
the earth?
4.
Analyze: What seems to be
the main point or important takeaway
?
Crude Oil is our primary energy source and we are running low. But
scientists believe fracking can recover old oil reserves.
5.
Connect: What is one way the information in the section
is
connected to your own life, or to something in the news
? This is
connected to our lives. Because I did some research on fracking,
and it can be harmful to the earth. It ruins the soil but it finds old oil
reserves. There are good and bad things about fracking.
