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WorksheetsPetroleum refining
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 30mins
Crude and refined oil is transported around the country mainly by
trains (20 mi/hr)
pipelines (5 mi/hr)
airplanes (500 mi/hr)
tankers (70 mi/hr)
Fuel is classified into ...
renewable resource
non-renewable resource
Which one is not the example of fossil fuel?
coal
petroleum
natural gas
wood
The technique used to separate crude oil into several fraction of hydrocarbon is called...
filtration
evaporation
fractional distillation
crystallization
The more the number of carbon atoms, the ... the boiling point.
more
less
The lightest fraction was placed on the .. of fractionating column.
top
bottom
Naphta is used for ...
heating and cooking
for fuel in cars
for making chemicals
for jet fuel
Kerosene is used for ...
heating and cooking
for fuel in cars
for making chemicals
for jet fuel
Bitumen is used for ...
fuel in cars
making chemicals
jet fuel
making roads
Breaking down of larger hydrocarbon molecules into the smaller one is known as ...
cracking
addition
substitution
combustion
Any natural material that is used by humans is considered a(n)
natural resource
human resource
material resource
energy resource
The energy in these resources originally comes from the ______
sun's energy
moon's energy
living things
wind
Natural resources may be categorized as either _____________ or ________________
renewable or nonrenewable
living or non-living
dead or alive
available or nonavailable
A natural resource that can be replaced at least as quickly as it is used is called a(n)
renewable resource
nonrenewable resource
material resource
energy resource
A natural resource that forms much more slowly than it is consumed is a(n)
renewable resource
nonrenewable resource
material resource
energy resource
Examples of nonrenewable resources are
minerals, fossil fuels, coal, oil, petroleum, and natural gas
sun, wind, and water
plants and animals
oceans, rivers and streams
A nonrenewable resource formed from the buried remains of plants and animals that lived long ago are called
fossil fuels
material resources
rock
minerals
A natural resource that humans use to generate energy is
a material resource
an energy resource
fossil fuel
plant and animals
A natural resource that humans use to make objects or to consume as food or drink is
a material resource
an energy resource
fossil fuel
plant or animal
Examples of geologic resources are
rock, minerals, soil, and fossil fuels
plants and animals
choose the ways to extract geologic resources. Choose all that apply
drilling
mining
shoveling
conservation
A deposit of rock that has a high enough concentration of valuable material to be extracted for a profit is called a(n)
ore
smelt
leach
conservation
This is the process in which fuels and products are made from crude oil.
smelting
leaching
refining
conservation
stewardship
The protection and wise use of resources is called
smelting
leaching
refining
conservation
stewardship
__________________ is the careful and responsible management of resources.
smelting
leaching
refining
conservation
stewardship
Which of the following is NOT a *typical* use for oil?
Gasoline
Electricity
Plastic Manufacturing
Asphalt
The "P" in OPEC stands for _____.
Petroleum
Plutonium
Platinum
Plato
Which is a fuel obtained by crude oil?
Diesel
Jet Fuel
Gasoline
All are obtained from crude oil
The majority of petroleum is used for
transportation
industrial uses
commercial uses
electricity
Petroleum & Coal are considered ___ energy sources
nonrenewable
renewable
Which of the following describes petroleum formation?
When dinosaurs became extinct 65 million years ago, their bodies decayed to become petroleum.
Petroleum is renewable over human lifetimes.
It takes hundreds of millions of years for petroleum to form.
Petroleum only formed in cold places such as Canada.
