What are the benefits of Fracking
What are the negatives of Fracking
As you have learnt about energy security is very important for countries. However, it could come at a cost to others
Digital Workbook Task and Paper Jotter Task:
Create a table in your jotter/digital workbook like the one below
Watch the TedEd video on Fracking
As you watch the video write down statements in the correct column.
Chapters
Recap of how fracking works: 0:00min to 2:20min
Advantages and Disadvantages of fracking: 2:20min to 5:40min
As you have learnt about energy security is very important for countries. However, it could come at a cost to others
Digital Workbook Task and Paper Jotter Task:
Watch the video "Fracking Explained: Opportunity or Danger"
Answer the questions as you go through the video
Check your answers to see what you got right (add in answers for what you missed).
Questions:
Why has there been a fracking boom in the USA in the last decade?
What percentage of new oil and gas wells use the fracking process?
Why is sand important in the fracking process?
What is the daily consumption of water for a fracking well?
What is the main risk of the fracking process?
What chemical agents are used in fracking and why are there concerns?
Describe three other problems associated with fracking.
What is the main benefit of fracking?
Most conventional natural gas sources have been exhausted making production expensive
60%
It keeps the cracks in the rocks open
8 million litres
Contamination of drinking water sources
Benzene and Formic Acid - they are toxic and carcinogenic
Choose 3:
Release of greenhouse gasses (methane)
requires a large consumption of energy
drill holes need to be created more frequently
3% of the gas extracted is lost into the atmosphere
It meets our demands for low cost energy
Now return to your Teams assignment and complete the quiz to test how well you have understood this lesson