Earth Science Quiz 7

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1 question

Categorize each of the following statements as true or false

Crude oil is a mix of liquid hydrocarbons
Natural gas is hydrocarbon
Fractional Distillation can separate the compounds in Crude oil according to their boiling point
Asphalt has a lower boiling point than gasoline
Conventional Oil production in the United States continues to rise
Fracking allows engineers to break a apart oil shale rocks containing oil and steam the oil of the rocks.
Because of technology advances in fracking, the US now produces more oil than any other country
Deep Sea drilling platforms can pump up oil from beneath seafloors more than 8000 feet beneath the surface
The oil industry has learned how to prevent oil spills from occurring
Some countries, like Venezuela, have equipment in poor repair which leaks much more oil into the environment than those operating in America
Oil does not naturally seep out of the seafloor into the ocean
Although one presidential candidate previous supported outlawing Fracking, both candidates currently support Fracking
Outlawing Fracking would greatly reduce American oil production
Oil is used not only to produce gasoline, but also thousands of other products made from asphalt, tar, waxes, other chemicals and plastics made from those chemicals
America has large oil reserves under Alaska, coastal seashores, and other places where companies are not currently allowed to drill
Venezuela has nine times as much oil reserves as the United States
Ten countries have more oil reserves than the United States