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Oil to Plastic

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

This is called a what?

a)

Oil Plant

b)

Oil Refinery

c)

Oil Rig

d)

Oil Set Up

2.

The correct name for petrol in its raw form is what?

a)

Oil

b)

Unleaded

c)

Crude Oil

d)

Petroleum

3.

This is an oil refinery:

a)

True

b)

False

4.

Refineries do what to crude oil?

a)

Filter

b)

Purify

c)

Distill

d)

Split

5.

Naphtha is processed into what in a processing plant?

a)

Asphalt

b)

Petrol

c)

Plastic Granules

d)

Diesel

6.

How is crude oil extracted from underneath the ground and transported to refineries?

a)

Oil Rigs

b)

Oil Diggers

c)

Oil Extractors

d)

Oil Factories

7.

Why is crude oil a valuable commodity ?

a)

It can be distilled into fuels, chemicals and processed into plastics

b)

It is cheap to extract

c)

It is widely available

d)

It is used in a few specific industries

8.

Crude oil is difficult to find and expensive to extract.

a)

True

b)

False

9.

Crude oil is which type of resource?

a)

Finite

b)

Non-Finite

10.

When crude oil is refined, four percent ends up as raw materials for the production of plastics.

a)

True

b)

False

11.

Oil is used widely for the production of plastics as it is composed of which two elements?

a)

Carbon and Helium

b)

Oxygen and Hydrogen

c)

Carbon and Hydrogen

d)

Lead and Hydrogen

12.

This is an image of what?

a)

Oil Rig

b)

Distillation Tower

c)

Distillation Factory

d)

Oil Refinery

13.

The refining process is also called what process?

a)

Cracking Process

b)

Crating Process

c)

Separating Process

d)

Filtering Process

14.

Crude oil is heated to over 370 degrees Celsius.

a)

True

b)

False

15.

Asphalt, bitumen and tar are examples of what type of molecule?

a)

Heavier

b)

Lighter

16.

Diesel, petrol and aviation fuel are examples of what type of molecule?

a)

Lighter

b)

Heavier

17.

At each level of a distillation tower, how are the condensed hydrocarbons removed?

a)

They are siphoned off

b)

They are filtered

c)

They are poured out

d)

They are emptied from the bottom of the distillation tower