Petroleum

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Definition- A thick, flammable, yellow-to-black (meaning yellow at first, then black when extracted) mixture of gaseous, liquid, and solid hydrocarbons that occur naturally beneath the Earth's surface. -FreeOnlineDictionary edinformatics.com Byproducts- Natural Gas, Gasoline, Kerosene, Paraffin Wax, Asphalt, etc. Locations- Persian Gulf, North Sea, and North & South America. Formation- Found in sedimentary rock, the first stage begins with the death of a carbon based life-form. Normally a marine creature. As the carcass decays, it deposits sediments and minerals into sedimentary rock below the sea. Over millions of years the sediments combine with gases, solids, and liquids with increasing amounts of heat and pressure to make the final product of petroleum. Questions 1.What color is petroleum __//**BEFORE**//__ extraction? 2.Petroleum is a sub-category of what group?(HINT:THINK CARBON)hydrocarbon 3.Name three byproducts of petroleum. 4.Name two locations in which petroleum is largely found. 5.What type of creatures commonly make up petroleum.(HINT:NOT CARBON BASED) Websites 1.FreeOnlineDictionary 2.SocietyofPetroleumEngineers 3.AmericanPetroleumInstitute

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