Costs and Benefits of Mining, Oil-Drilling, and Refining

Which of the following technological inventions related to the oil industry would have the biggest impact on the way people live?

• Gas lighting replaces cotton seed oil burning lamps to light people’s homes.

• Oil replaces coal as the fuel source for railroads.

• Refineries develop the ability to create more byproducts of petroleum.

• All of the above.

Crude oil goes through what process in order to be used

• Refining

• Cleaning

• Mining

• Reconstruction

The discovery of large amounts of oil in Texas created what?

• Jobs, Expansion of Industry, a Good Economy

• Tenant Farming, Sharecropping

• Poor Economy and Loss of Jobs

Which materials do we get from oil?

• gasoline, diesel, metal, plastic, wax, etc

• gasoline, diesel, cement, plastic, wax, etc.

• gasoline, diesel, asphalt, plastic, copper, etc.

• gasoline, diesel, asphalt, plastic, wax, etc.

What is oil?

• A viscus liquid derived from petroleum, used as a fuel or lubricant.
• Yellow to black liquid found in geological formations
• Chemicals found in trees

Oil has been around for millions of years. But where did it come from?

• Organisms that kived million of years ago
• Prehistoric plants
• Prehistoric aquatic life
• All of the above

How is oil harmful to birds

• Toxic if ingested.
• Covers feathers leading to hypothermia or hypothermia.
• focus on preening leads to severe weight loss, anemia and dehydration.
• All are correct.

Ore is 

• any type of rock
• a rock with metals
• a rock with metals worth something to someone
• a rock with minerals

Mining removes layers of rock that contain large about of acidic materials. Acid mine drainage is the result of

• ash and air debris creating acid rain

• boulders and debris blocking the flow of rivers/streams

• toxins in leftover material sinking into the soil

• minerals from mining being left behind creating pollution

Reclamation is.....

• not required in the US.
• a process that causes significant environmental damage.
• returning the land back to its original condition after mining
• required for every country and every type of mine in the world.