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KS3, Sc4, Unit 7I - Energy resources.


Main learning objectives
Pupils learn:
about the need for fuel conservation;
that fossil fuels are non-renewable;
to use their knowledge in addressing the moral and social issue of sustainable development;
to relate the use of fossil fuels to effects on the environment.

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Your name__________________ Your oil company________________________

PetroleumOil extraction Data

1. Keep track of your personal barrel extraction and the total barrel extraction for all of the oil companies over each generation. Each nut represents one barrel of oil; half a nut represents half a barrel of oil
Oil company name
Total No. barrels extracted by the 1st generation
Total No. barrels extracted by the 2nd generation
Total No. barrels extracted by the 3rd generation
       
       
       

2. Which generation extracted the greatest number of barrels?

 

 

 

3. Which generation extracted the smallest number of barrels?

 

 

 

4. In what ways do you think this activity mirrors real oil extraction?

 

 

 

5. Explain what non-renewable means and give three examples of non-renewable energy resources.

 

 

 

6. List five things you, yourself, can do to use fewer fossil fuels, without lowering your quality of life.

 

 

 

 

7. List three policies, laws, industrial regulations or other types of legislation that you would implement toreduce our dependency on fossil fuels.

 

 

 

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