Day 03 - Hydraulic Fracturing ("Fracking")

We're going to watch a couple short videos on fracking on which you will need to take notes (in Google docs, adding to your notes from our previous class). Then I'll need you to draw a diagram of a fracking well, being sure to label all the key steps involved in fracking. As with yesterday, I will not be including the notes on this Webpage because I need you to generate your own notes rather than copy and paste mine.

Anthropogenic

anything caused by human activity

Anthropogenic Climate Change

changes in the long-term atmospheric conditions of the Earth that are attributable primarily to human action

Climate

an average of weather conditions over a long period of time in the same location

Fracking

the common name for hydraulic fracturing, a process by which petroleum engineers use a highly dense solution to crack rocks deep beneath the surface, causing oil and natural gas to bubble up from an intermingled state that would resist traditional oil pumping techniques

Hydrocarbon

any molecule consisting exclusively of hydrogen and carbon atoms; starches, sugars, and fossil fuels are examples of hydrocarbons