Section #1 Test
Test #1 master.
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Has all the terms from sets regarding this test.
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- renewable resources
- 6% of our energy is from the use of what?
- convergent, divergent, transform
- What are the three types of boundaries can the tectonic plates have? (Alpha. order)
- 21 miles
- how thick is the continental crust?
- Technological and Ideological components
- Scientific change consists of two components, what are they?
- Go from modern to ancient rock
- During Uniformity of Process what is the first step?
- core, crust, mantel
- What are the three layers of the earth? (Alpha. order)
- eight
- how many planets are in the Solar System?
- Siccar Point
- Where did James Hutton first come up with the idea of Deep time?
- Unconformity
- What is the major defining characteristic that defines Siccar Point?
- unique to each boundary
- The type of motion, volcanism/seismicity, and topography are?
- 25°C
- What is the average Geothermal Gradient?
- Source rock
- In what type of rock do oil and gas originate?
- Ground rules
- Assuming Uniformity of Law and Process establishes what for geology?
- In tiny pores within rocks
- Where are Petroleum, Crude Oil and Natural Gas found?
- Kerogen
- what is another name for organic matter caught in the source rock?
- Porous and permeable
- What type of rock is needed for the Reservior?
- realize the impact of geology on everyday life
- What is course objective #3
- 6,378 km
- the equatorial radius is?
- Prospect
- What is another name for a potential petroleum accumulation?
- iron
- what is the core mostly made of?
- the mantel
- Where do slabs (plates) recycle to?
- core
- what is the third compositional layer of the earth?
- Reservoir
- Where are Hydrocarbons stored underground?
- Go from sediment to rock
- During Uniformity of Process what is the second step?
- understand our impact on the planet
- What is course objective #4
- Generate a Prospect
- What is the first step in starting a Petroleum Business?
- low velocity zone
- The base of the plate (slab) is called what?
- Limestone
- Out of the rocks used each year 85% is what type?
- Simplicity and allows Inductive Reasoning
- Assuming Uniformity of Law and Process gives geologists what?
- collective accretion
- the earth was made by?
- Independent
- Are the ratios independent or dependent of the number of parent atoms in the system at the start?
- thin, heavy layer of high density basalt
- what is oceanic crust?
- 100-660km
- How deep does the asthenoshpere go?
- ocean
- the earth is mostly what?
- Higher temperature
- During the refining process do the more expensive goods come from higher temperature cooking or lower temperature cooking?
- 2.5 billion years ago
- when did the earth become "familiar" to us?
- Hydrocarbon Traps
- What catches Hydrocarbons and are normally bent rock?
- brittle
- Tectonic plates are described to be...
- Acquire Mineral rights lease
- What is the Second step in starting a Petroleum Business?
- Go from process to product
- During Uniformity of Process what is the last step?
- Actualism
- In what form of Geology is the earth assumed to be very old and uses the two laws of Uniformity and Process?
- behavioral
- The lithosphere and athenosphere are what type of layers?
- Atomic mass
- In Alpha decay a particle loses four of what?
- 4 to 6 miles
- how thick is the oceanic crust?
- continental drift, mountains, opening and closing of oceans
- The three things Plate movements are responsible for are? (Alpha. order)
- crust
- what is the first compositional layer of the earth?
- Shale and evaporates
- What are the two most common types of rocks for seals?
- One electron
- What is the only thing lost in Beta decay?
- 21 million
- How many barrels of oil are consumed by americans each day?
- compositional
- The core, crust and mantel are what type of layers?
- Inductive Reasoning
- What type of reasoning does the Uniformity of Laws allow?
- lithosphere
- What is made up of the crust and upper mantel?
- oil
- 24% of the world's total production of this commodity is used by America...
- collision, gravitational
- the two types of accretion are?
- 120°C
- How hot are hydrocarbons when they create oil during the overburden process?
- Drill and Complete a Well
- What is the Fourth step in starting a Petroleum Business?
- asteroid belt
- what are the interior and exterior planets separated by?
- Municipalities
- Who's in charge of Urban drilling in Texas?
- 40,066 km
- the circumference of the earth is?
- small and rocky
- interior planets are?
- A seal
- What keeps the Hydrocarbons from escaping out of the ground?
- solid
- The asthenosphere is described as being...
- Permeability
- Defined as how well the liquids and gas move through the rock. (represented by K)
- asthenosphere
- The low velocity zone is at the top of what?
- erosion, transportation, deposition
- what are the three major components of geologic work?
- thick, light layer of low density granite
- what is continental crust?
- 5%
- How much of the world population is American? (percentage)
- Produce and Sell Hydrocarbons
- What is the fifth and final step in starting a Petroleum Business?
- Relative age
- Of the two types of age descriptions which type are we most comfortable/positive with?
- Physicists
- What type of scientists determine the time of a half life?
- learn how the earth works
- What is course objective #1
- Half life
- What is the time it takes for half the remaining parents to change into stable daughters?
- Radioactive decay
- What is the spontaneous emission of particles from the nucleas at an exponential rate?
- 225°C
- How hot are Hydrocarbons when they create gas during the overburden process?
- mantel
- what is the second compositional layer of the earth?
- Atomic number, neutrons, protons
- In Alpha decay a particle loses two of what? (name ALL things in alpha. order)
- Ideological
- What component is defined by how we think about ourselves?
- A half life
- The name for the rate at which radioactive decay occurs is what?
- Cook the petroleum again
- How do we refine Oil?
- Source Rock
- what is a Fine-grained rock, normally shale, and has 2-3% organic matter?
- Uniformity of Law
- What is it called when natural laws are held constant in time and space?
- 11 tons
- In tons how many minerals or rocks are used every year?
- Relative age
- What type of age description is it if the age is in a position in a sequence?
- 40%
- How much of produced gas is used for transportation? (percentage)
- hydrocarbons
- 86% of our energy is from the use of what?
- about 4.6 billion years (Ga)
- the absolute age of the earth is?
- an earthquake
- when plates release pressure from pushing together, what happens?
- hydrologic, plate, and rock
- what are the three geologic cycles? (do them in alphabetical order)
- Obtain Financing
- What is the Third step in starting a Petroleum Business?
- convergent
- One type of boundary movement creates volcanoes. What is it?
- Atomic number
- What does the particle gain one of in Beta decay?
- True
- Are Hydrocarbons lighter than water? (True or False)
- 12 million
- We import how many barrels of oil a day?
- Structural
- What type of Hydrocarbon trap is formed either by bending or breaking rock?
- Radioactive decay
- What is the process or measurement that an absolute age is based off of?
- pacific ocean
- what is the earth's largest geographic feature?
- Barrels
- Oil is sold in what type of measurement?
- 60°C
- How hot are hydrocarbons when they are considered to be immature during the overburden?
- Stratigraphic
- What type of Hydrocarbon trap is formed by pinchouts and changes in layering?
- 5.5 g/cc
- the average density of the earth is?
- Mcf (thousands of cubic feet)
- Natural gas is sold in what type of measurement?
- learn to interpret landscapes
- What is course objective #2
- 0-100km
- How deep does the lithosphere go?
- Deep Time
- What is the idea called that the Earth is older than we can imagine?
- large gas giants
- exterior planets are?
- Technological
- What component is defined by advances in science and items?
- a clock
- What is a half life used as?
- Uniformity of Process
- What is used to determine how rocks form?
- Formation, generation, migration, accumulation
- What is the process for a hydrocarbon well to be created? (in order, all four)
- 100km
- How thick are the tectonic plates?
- Porosity
- Defined as how much liquid can be held in the reservoir. (represented by Ø)
- overburden
- What is it called when the rock is buried and then cooked?
- Structural and stratigraphic
- What are the two types of Hydrocarbon Traps?
- the Seal
- What holds all the Hydrocarbons in the reservior and keeps them from escaping to the surface?
- 16 parents
- How many parent atoms are at T=0 or the creation of rock?
- Play
- Geologically-related accumulations of hydrocarbons are called what?
- Absolute age
- What type of age description is it if the age is numerical and is in a time before present?
- Alpha and Beta
- What are the two major types of Radioactive decay?