Petroleum and Natural Gas (Science)

The job of an oil refinery is to

• transport the petroleum from one country to a next

• separate petroleum into different types of fuel

• pump petroleum up to the surface

• mix the different types of fuel together

Resources that are not able to be reproduced as quickly as they are used are called _____.

• renewable resources

• replaceable resources

• non renewable resources

• non replaceable resources

Petroleum is mainly used for

• gasoline for cars

• running coal burning power plants

• making windmills turn

• burning for heat

What are the three main fossil fuels?

• Coal, Oil, and Gasoline

• Coal, Oil, and Natural Gas

• Electricity, Gasoline, Petroleum

• Coal, Oil, Non-renewable Resources

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

Fossil fuels are classified as nonrenewable because they.......

• require expensive equipment
• take millions of years to replace
• can be found all over 
• provide all the energy we use

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

Petroleum is also called

• natural gas

• fossils

• coal

• oil

What is the main ingredient for natural gas?

• Carbon

• Oxygen

• Methane

• Nitrogen