Oil Formation Video Notes
1) The process that forms oil requires a lot of time. How long ago did the oil we extract today start forming?
The oil that we used today started forming 2000 millions years ago.
2) What was the earth like at this time?
The earth about 2000 million years ago there was a Pangea, so continents didn't exist at all and the seas were really big .
3) We call it now, but what was the slimy black stuff before it became oil?
It was algae that died and sunk to the bottom of the ocean making a layer of died organic organisms. By no oxygen, they weren't able to discompose, therefore it makes oil.
4)The video list several process or conditions required to change your answer to question 3 into oil. I can think or five - can you get them all?
1) Plants , algae and photosyntetic animals died and sunk to the bottom of the ocean.
2) Mud cover all these dead organic organisms, creating a capping stone.
3) Theres an Anexic Environment, which means there is no oxygen there.
4) By this no oxygen environment, the capping stone create a heat between 60 and 120 degree's celsius.
5) Years after that, crude oil is created.
5)Besides oil, what other fossil fuel can be formed by this process with only one minor variation ?
With just a difference of temperature natural gas can be created by this same process.
The oil that we used today started forming 2000 millions years ago.
2) What was the earth like at this time?
The earth about 2000 million years ago there was a Pangea, so continents didn't exist at all and the seas were really big .
3) We call it now, but what was the slimy black stuff before it became oil?
It was algae that died and sunk to the bottom of the ocean making a layer of died organic organisms. By no oxygen, they weren't able to discompose, therefore it makes oil.
4)The video list several process or conditions required to change your answer to question 3 into oil. I can think or five - can you get them all?
1) Plants , algae and photosyntetic animals died and sunk to the bottom of the ocean.
2) Mud cover all these dead organic organisms, creating a capping stone.
3) Theres an Anexic Environment, which means there is no oxygen there.
4) By this no oxygen environment, the capping stone create a heat between 60 and 120 degree's celsius.
5) Years after that, crude oil is created.
5)Besides oil, what other fossil fuel can be formed by this process with only one minor variation ?
With just a difference of temperature natural gas can be created by this same process.