Positives and Negatives of Oil Slides Lesson

Match

Match the following

• A substance like gasoline or diesel used to power engines.

• The movement of people or goods from one place to another.

• The basic physical systems of a place, like roads and bridges.

• A residential area located outside a city, often reached by cars or public transportation.

• Making products in factories using machines and workers.

Fuel

Transportation

Infrastructure

Suburb

Manufacturing

• Fuel

• Transportation

• Infrastructure

• Suburb

• Manufacturing

Dropdown

In 1901, oil was discovered at ​

Select answer

near Beaumont, Texas.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following contributed to the growth of the trucking industry in Texas?

• High fuel prices

• Low fuel costs

• Limited roadways

• Decreased demand for goods

Multiple Select

Select all the effects that resulted from the discovery of oil in Texas.

• Lower fuel prices

• Increased use of horses

• Expansion of highways

• Growth of the trucking industry

Multiple Choice

How did the discovery and refining of oil contribute to urbanization in cities like Houston?

• Oil led to the construction of huge factories, attracting people to cities for jobs.

• Oil was used only for farming, so people stayed in rural areas.

• Oil was exported without any processing, so cities did not grow.

• Oil caused people to move away from cities due to pollution.

Drag and Drop

Environmental Problem: More cars and factories created smoke and ​

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in the air.

Economic Problem: If the oil ran out or the price dropped, a town would "​

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" and lose all its money.

Drag these tiles and drop them in the correct blank above

pollution

Bust

rain

debt

break

Reorder

Reorder the following

• Oil at Spindletop

• More oil=cheap fuel

• No more horses=more cars

• Urbanization for oil jobs

• Pollution

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