1. Module 5

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Module 5 Lesson 1

Module 5—Hydrocarbons and the Petroleum Industry

Lesson Summary


In Lesson 1 you considered the following questions:

  • What are hydrocarbons?
  • What is petroleum?

Alberta’s petroleum industry locates, extracts, and refines natural gas, coalbed methane, crude oil, heavy oil, oil sand, and coal. In Lesson 1 you identified the type of molecules present in petroleum and some of petroleum’s chemical characteristics. You began to explore how the petroleum industry impacts your community, and you looked at some of the career options available in the petroleum industry.

 

Lesson Glossary

 

hydrocarbon: a compound containing only carbon and hydrogen atoms

 

petroleum: a mixture of hydrocarbons that is obtained from oil or natural gas