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Click on Oil (petroleum)

Q13. In 2000 BC the Chinese refined crude oil for use in what? _________________________

Q14. What important event happened in 1859? ______________________________________

Q15. Complete this sentence:

In the 1890’s the mass production of _______________began creating demand for gasoline.

Before this, _______________used for heating had been the main oil product.

Q16. What year did gas stations start opening up everywhere in the United States? ___________

Q17. Which 5 countries made up the original OPEC group? ______________________________

_________________________________________________________________________

Q18. In 1972, oil well productivity reached a high of how many barrels per day? ______________

Q19. In 2006, what renewable fuel did refineries start using in response to the Energy Policy Act?

_________________________________________________________________________

From the left hand side of the screen select ‘electricity’ from the blue menu

Q20. In around 600 BC Thales discovered static electricity by rubbing which two objects

together? __________________________________________________________________

Q21. In what year did William Gilbert (England) first coin the term electricity from elektron, the

Greek word for amber? ________________________________________________________

Q22. In 1752 how did Benjamin Franklin prove that static electricity and lightening were the same

thing? ____________________________________________________________________

Q23. What year did Alessandro Volta invent the first electric battery? ____________________

Q24. What year did Thomas Edison invent the incandescent light bulb? ____________________

Q25. In 1883 Nikola Tesla invented what? __________________________________________

Q26. What year was the first network of ATM machines developed? _____________________

From the left hand side of the screen select the menu item “Games & Activities”

Complete some of the activities highlighted in this section!

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