KQ2 Arctic Human Factors

What is the name of the bay where oil was first found in 1968?

• Bay of Fundy

• Prudhoe Bay

• Black Bay

• ANWR Bay

What is the name of the pipeline that runs from north to south Alaska, transporting oil?

• North-South Pipeline

• Trans-America Oil Pipeline

• Prudhoe-Anchorage Pipeline

• Trans-Alaskan Pipeline

Oil exploration has meant more permafrost melt and artificial lakes are created.

This has seen the permafrost thaw by how many meters in the last 60 years?

How much carbon (CO2) is released from permafrost a year?

• 40 million tonnes/ year

• 50 million tonnes/ year

• 800,000 tonnes/ year

• 1 million tonnes/ year

​ (a)   deposition occurs due to the oil industry. This ​ (b)   the surface, ​ (c)   ​ albedo and ​ (d)   permafrost

• Dust
• darkens
• insulates
• oil
• lowers
• increases

Oil extraction has happened in ANWR

• True

• False

What is the name of the drill developed by Shell to help lateral drilling?

• Snake drill

• Polar bear drill

• Fox drill

• Penguin drill

What % of global supercomputers are used by the oil and gas industry?

Spine Road near Prudhoe Bay reduces permafrost melt by having gravel pads. How deep is the gravel pad in meters?

Elevated pipelines help stop ablation and cool air can pass underneath them

• True

• False