NONRENWEABLE RESOURCES

By Maria Salmeron

Table Of ContentsA1. Title pageA2. Table of contents1. What is it used for? coal/petroleum2.What is the effect of the use of these resources on the earth? Coal/petroleum3.What is the effect of the use of these resources on organisms?

Coal/petroleum 4.How are they turned into useful energy? Coal/petroleum5.Describe some dangers using and transporting these resources.

Coal/petroleum6.Describe an actual incident that caused damage to the environment and

discuss its effects and the cleanup efforts. Coal/petroleum

7.Refrences

What is it used for ?

Petroleum• It is used for gasoline, diesel

fuel, kerosene, fuel oil, some types of alcohol, benzene, heavy naphtha, different grades of lubricating oils and residuum. We also use it to generate electricity , and to make plastic in cars, houses, toys, computers and clothing. Asphalt used in road construction is a petroleum product as is the synthetic rubber in the tires.

Coal• Well one is to make

electricity, also industrial retail use it , the steel industry and exports companies use it also.

What is the effect of the use of these resources on the earth?

Petroleum • This can cause global

warming, there is also extraction and also oil spills. Which of course that dirties our ocean. Oil spills are usually a main effect on the earth.

Coal• Well first getting coal from

its source, the earth's crust, is a very harmful and polluting to the landscape. And also burning coal creates to much pollution that affects earth

What is the effect of the use of these resources on organisms

Petroleum • In the previous slide I

mentioned that it can crate oil spills and this can kill animals. This affect birds, mammals, shellfish and other organisms it can coast.

Coal• Well coal when you burn it ,

it affects the air which gets polluted and that affects the lungs of other organisms.

How are they turned into useful energy?

Petroleum• They are used for plastic or

gasoline. Which these helps us make things and we use gasoline for our cars. Or lubricants like motor oil or other machines.

Coal• Well we use coal for

generating electricity mainly. The rest we use for industry's and exports. Which it also make plastic and tar.

Describe some dangers using and transporting these resources

Petroleum • This creates pollution when

we use petroleum. Also one of the big things that is very dangers is when we transport them and we can cause oil spills. Which hurt earth and dirties our oceans.

Coal • Well when we get coal we

have to dig mines which is very dangerous to the people working there. And resorting this is very hard.

6.Describe an actual incident that caused damage to the environment

Petroleum disaster in Louisiana • On April 20th an explosion occurred

on the Deepwater Horizon exploratory oil rig. This explosion caused the oil rig to sink into the Gulf of Mexico and also caused the piping used to transport the unprocessed oil to the rig was broken resulting in the leaking of oil into the Gulf. Experts have estimated that approximately 19 million gallons of oil has leaked into the Gulf of Mexico. The amount of oil released surpassed the Exxon-Valdez oil spill in 1989 as the largest oil spill in the history of the United States.

Coal disaster• The only thing I found was

that in Mexico there was a coal accident that had trap 14 miners. And that it was also a very bad site.