Petroleum

The job of an oil refinery is to

• transport the crude from the drill site
• separate crude into various types of fuel
• pump crude oil up to the surface
• mix separate types of fuel into crude

Distillation occurs where crude oil is separated into fuels by

• mixing it with corn starch and letting it settle
• putting it under intense pressure until it becomes solid
• heating it to different boiling points
• removing the sulfur particles from it

Which of these countries is NOT a member of OPEC?

• Venezuela
• Iraq
• Saudi Arabia
• Mexico

Drilling, refining, and using petroleum is responsible for which environmental hazard?

• air pollution
• water pollution
• groundwater pollution
• all 3 types of pollution

Can oil be made from fossil fuels?

• False
• True

Which of the following is NOT a *typical* use for oil?

• Gasoline

• Electricity

• Plastic Manufacturing

• Asphalt

What is the difference between crude oil and petroleum

• Petroleum is a fossil fuel crude oil is not
• Petroleum is found in nature, crude oil is generated in industry
• Crude oil is made of dead plants/animals from millions of years ago petroleum is made of gases in the atmosphere
• Crude oil is a fossil fuel found in nature in luqid form, petroleum is generated from crude oil

The "P" in OPEC stands for _____.

• Petroleum

• Plutonium

• Platinum

• Plato

Which is not a fossil fuel?

• Natural gas
• Coal
• Crude oil
• Water

Which is a fuel obtained by crude oil?

• Diesel

• Jet Fuel

• Gasoline

• All are obtained from crude oil