Gasland

Shale gas is which type of fossil fuel?

• natural gas

• oil

• coal

• all of the answers are correct

To frack, you first complete

• horizontal drilling

• vertical drilling

• use of water to crack rock formations

• pumping gas or oil to the surface

After horizontal drilling, what is then used to crack the rock which contains the gas/oil?

• fracking fluids under high pressure

• explosives

• horizontal drilling through the rock layers

• vertical drilling

A problem with fracking is

• methane in aquifers

• sediments in aquifers

• organic chemicals such as ethylene glycol (antifreeze ) in aquifers

• all of these

Fracking is another term used for?

• Water Fracturing
• Oil Fracturing
• Hydraulic Fracturing
• Hydro Fracturing

Fracking deals with 

• Rain Water and Oil Extraction
• Oil Extraction and Drilling
• Rock and Rain Water
• Natural Gas and Oil Extraction

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS3-1

NGSS.HS-ESS3-2

Pros of fracking could be

• Access to more gas and oil

• Plenty of jobs

• Better air quality vs burning coal

• All of the above

What is injected into disposal wells after wells are fracked?

• used fracking fluids (or produced water)

• old drill pipe

• mixed oil and water

• SOx,NOx and CO2

a judge's order that a case may not be discussed in public; residents with polluted wells often had to sign these

• mineral rights

• conflict of interest

• gag order

• exception or rule

Part of the (federal) Energy Policy Act of 2005: allows chemicals to to put into the ground despite it being written in many existing laws that this practice is not allowed.

• Act 13

• Frac Act

• Haliburton Loophole

• Superfund Act