Oil Discovered!

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Oil Discovered!
Oil was first discovered in Persia (Iran) in
1908. In 1927, oil was struck in Kirkuk, Iraq.
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• TERMS ASSOCIATED WITH OIL
• natural resources
• non-renewable resources
• fossil fuels
• crude oil
• oil reserves

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What are natural resources? Natural resources
are the raw materials a country has that make
life and production of goods possible.
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What 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.
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What 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.
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What 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.