Using Crude Oil as a Fuel

Question 1

Crude oils burn cleanly so they make good [ ]

What is it used for?

Answer 1

Fuels
Most modern transport (cars, boats, trains and planes).
Parts of crude oil are also burned in central heating in homes and power stations to generate electricity

Question 2

What can crude oil also provide as well as fuels?

Answer 2

The raw materials for making various chemicals, including plastics

Question 3

Why are crude oil fractions often the easiest and cheapest thing to use?

Answer 3

Everything is set up for oil fractions, eg, petrol/diesel stations are everywhere

Question 4

Crude oil is more reliable than [ ] and safer than [ ]

Answer 4

renewable power

Nuclear power

Question 5

Crude oil is a [ ] fuel

Answer 5

Non-renewable

Question 6

Due to new [ ], we can now access oil reserves that were to difficult or [ ] to extract

Answer 6

technology

expensive

Question 7

What is the alternative to crude oil as a fuel?

Answer 7

Renewable sources (wind, solar, tidal etc.)

Question 8

What are the 2 main environmental problems with crude oil?

Answer 8

1) Oil spills can happen as the oil is being transported by tanker = disaster for local environment. Birds get covered in it and are poisoned as they try to clean themselves. Other creatures, like sea otters and whales are poisoned too.
2) You have to burn crude oil to release energy from it = major cause of global warming, acid rain and global dimming