Chapter 48 Oil and Gas Flashcards
What is renewable energy
Sources that can be used again and again
Examples of renewable energy
Water, wind, solar and tidal energy
What is non renewable energy
Sources of energy that can’t be used again
Examples of non renewable energy
Oil, gas, coal, turf and uranium (nuclear power)
What is energy used for
To light and heat homes, power industry and drive cars lorries and fly planes
What are some of oils main uses
Transport, electricity generation and petrochemicals
Advantages of oil
Short term plentiful supply
Produces energy for cars lorries and electricity
Cheaper then other fuels
Easy and clean to transport
Lots of by products such as plastic chemicals and medicine
Disadvantages of oil
Can cause pollution (oil spills at sea damage fish plant and bird life)
It’s a finite or non renewable. The world will eventually run out of it
What are benefits of oil and gas discoveries
Tax’s are paid
Jobs are created
Kinsale gas reduces energy imports
Problems with oil and gas discoveries
Oil spills
Global warming
Oil rigs are visual pollution
Explosions
How are fossil fuels formed
From plant and animal remains over millions of years
Name a place where one of the largest oil reserves is
Saudi Arabia
What does OPEC mean and who is a member of it
Saudi Arabia.
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countires
Before oil in Saudi Arabia
It was a land of nomadic people who roamed the dessert and depended on goats sheep and camels
After oil in Saudi Arabia
Became one of the worlds richest countries and has a high standard of living with very good hospitals and plenty of jobs
