Tuesday, 7 December 2021

December 7, 2021

 Geography videos

Open pit mines

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMm2q36Gm10


Fracking (worksheet below)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uti2niW2BRA


Canadian Tar Sand (worksheet below)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sjia7BsP4Bw



Oil Sand (video 7:49)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sjia7BsP4Bw

 

1)    Another name for tar sand is o_____ sand

 

2)    Some people believed that the tar sand projects may be the most d__________ project on earth

 

3)    Tar sand is a naturally occurring mixtures of s______, c_______, other m________, w_______ and most importantly bitumen

 

4)    Bitumen is a t_______ and s_______ oil that coats the o_______ of the sand grain

 

5)    Tar sand must be treated properly before using it in the refinery to produce fuel such as g________ and d__________

 

6)    Tar sand or oil sand are found in countries such as V__________, US, R________ and C_________

 

7)    Canadian government officially calls this the oil sand because some of the mixtures do not contain t________

 

8)    Oil sand or tar sand is more d_______ than conventional oil

 

9)    In 2011, it was estimated the Athabasca Basin stores 170.2billion barrels of oil, _____% of the world oil reserve

 

10) In 2012, about _______ million barrels of oil was produced from this region in Canada

 

11) Only 20% of the oil sand is located close to the s________ of the ground

 

12) The rest of the oil sand is located ______ metres below the surface

 

13) Most of the oil produced from the oil sand is shipped to the _________- (country)

 

14) Trans-Canada wanted to build the Keystone p________ to export oil US refinery

 

15) However, while refining oil sand into fuel, three times more g_________ gases will be produced compared to the refining of conventional oil

 

16) Companies need a lot of n_________ g_______ to produce oil from oil sand

 

17) Extraction of oil sand also leads to the destruction of f__________ and contamination of w_________ in the area

 

18) The left over sand is dumped into t_________ ponds, which leak chemicals to f______ and other wild animals

 

19) The people in Fort Chipewyan suffered from high rate of i_________ such as cancer because d_________ w________ is contaminated from the left over bitumen

 

20) European Union threatened to ban the import of oil sand from C_________ to the EU

 

Fracking (5:03)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uti2niW2BRA

 

21) Most of the energy consumed is supplied by fossil fuel such as c_______ and n_________

 

22) The full name for fracking is H___________F_________

 

23) This method tries to r__________ natural gas from deep layers of rock under the Earth

 

24) The companies use w_______, s_______ and c__________ to release the enclosed natural gas

 

25) The method of fracking is known and developed since ___________

 

26) Fracking became more popular in the last ten years because most of the natural gas fields are e_________ in US and Europe

 

27) P_________ of natural gas has risen steadily

 

28) Right now, more than _______% of the oil/ natural gas wells are developed with fracking

 

29) After the drills penetrate horizontally, w_______, fracking f_______ (or chemicals) and s_____  to crack the rocks

 

30) Everyday, about ________ million litres of water is used for fracking. That’s enough water supply for ___________ people

 

31) The chemicals in fracking fluids kill off the b______, and dissolve m________ in rocks

 

32) Afterwards, fracking fluids will be pumped out, and n_________ g_______ will be recovered

 

33) When the well is exhausted (no more natural gas left), the drill holes will be s_______

 

34) Risks: water can be c___________, which is highly t_______

 

35) The water contains so much chemicals, it cannot be removed in t___________ p_______

 

36) There are _______ chemicals in fracking fluids, and they are extremely h_________ and toxic

 

37) Large amount of g__________ g_______  will be released during fracking

 

38) Companies also use a lot of e_________ during the fracking process

 

39) About _____% of the natural gas cannot be captured, and will be lost to the atmosphere

 

40) In the short term, fracking will meet the d______ of energy but there is far more long term risks 





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