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Undergraduate 2
11/10/2009

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Petroleum
Definition
Marine organic matter
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Natural gas
Definition
any organic matter
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coal
Definition
terrestrial organic matter
Term
Where does energy derive from?
Definition
Breaking C-H bonds
Term
How much energy does a lead-acid battery store?
Definition
enough to lift it ten feet off the ground
Term
How much energy does a gallon of gasoline store?
Definition
enough to lift it 1000 miles in the air
Term
Other term for high clinker coals
Definition
Bony
Term
Ash
Definition
fine
Term
clinker
Definition
coarse
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Where does coal form?
Definition
near swampy coastlines
Term
When the sea level drops and the swamps are reestablished
Definition
Cyclothem
Term
Where most coal is
Definition
Europe and Eurasia
Term
Literal meaning of petroleum
Definition
rock oil
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Uses of petroleum
Definition
glue, medicine, waterproofing
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What you need to get petroleum
Definition
source, reservoir, trap
Term
Where you can find coal
Definition
areas that used to be ocean basins
Term
Diagenesis produces?
Definition
biogenic gas; <50 degrees c
Term
Metagenesis produces?
Definition
thermogenic gas; >150 degrees c
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Cetagenesis
Definition
produces kerogen, then petroleum; 50-150 degrees c; oil window
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Primary means of creating electricity in U.S.
Definition
burning coal
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Oil rises to the surface so you need an oil...
Definition
trap
Term
Examples of structural traps
Definition
Anticlinal trap, salt dome, fault trap
Term
Examples of stratigraphic traps
Definition
unconformity traps
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How much more oil does EOR get?
Definition
20 to 30%; 50% overall
Term
Where does most crude oil go?
Definition
gasoline
Term
How many oil sedimentary basins worldwide?
Definition
600
Term
Seven sisters
Definition
Original companies who owned all the oil
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How much oil in ANWR?
Definition
5.7 to 16 billion barrels
Term
Nuclear fission
Definition
Produces lighter, more stable atoms
Term
Nuclear Fusion
Definition
puts together lighter atoms to create larger, more stable atoms
Term
Advantages of nuclear energy
Definition
1. Largest amount of energy possible
2. Fuel is abundant
3. products have little radioactivity
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Location where direct solar energy sources exist
Definition
southwest
Term
photovoltaic cells
Definition
convert direct sunlight into energy
Term
biomass
Definition
naturally occurring photovoltaic process
Term
most efficient means of creating electricity
Definition
hydroelectric
Term
OTEC
Definition
Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion
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Largest current source of energy
Definition
geothermal fields; concentrated in western u.s.
Term
Earliest uses of solar energy
Definition
egyptians stored heat during the day and released at night
Term
primary element in producing photovoltaic cells
Definition
silicon
Term
Diameter of fenner wind projects
Definition
231 feet; produce 1.5 megawatts
Term
First tidal barrage
Definition
In France in 1966
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