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Elementary Activity - Petroleum Scavenger Hunt

Find the Petroleum(Oil) section of the Energy Kid's Page at: http://www.eia.doe.gov/kids/energyfacts/sources/non-renewable/oil.html.

Use the information on this website to answer the following questions in complete sentences with complete thoughts.

1. How was crude oil formed? Illustrate and describe.

2. What are the 5 top producing petroleum countries on our Earth?

3. What are the 5 top oil producing states in the USA?

4. List 10 products that contain petroleum that you use in everday life.

5. Using the percentages from the pictured oil barrel, make a circle graph showing the percent used and the products represented. Write a description of the circle graph you created.

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