Title: Oil Discovered!
1Oil Discovered!
Oil was first discovered in Persia (Iran) in
1908. In 1927, oil was struck in Kirkuk, Iraq.
2- TERMS ASSOCIATED WITH OIL
- natural resources
- non-renewable resources
- fossil fuels
- crude oil
- oil reserves
3What are natural resources? Natural resources
are the raw materials a country has that make
life and production of goods possible.
4What is a non-renewable resource? A
non-renewable resource is a resource that takes
so long to form that it cant be replaced. Oil,
which takes millions of years to form, is just
such a resource.
5What is a fossil fuel? Oil and natural gas are
fossil fuels. Fossil fuels were created when
plants and animals that lived centuries ago
decayed underground.
6What is crude oil? Crude oil is petroleum as it
comes out of the ground and before it has been
refined or processed into useful products.