Age Of Oil In Texas Question Preview (ID: 50898)


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A chemical substance created from petroleum, includes products like plastic and rubber.
a) boom and bust cycle
b) petrochemical
c) wildcatters
d) kerosene

A person looking to make money off the oil boom.
a) Wildcatter
b) Gusher
c) Boomtown
d) Boomer

A type of fuel primarily used for fire 100 years ago.
a) kerosene
b) fracking
c) crude
d) gusher

An oil well from which oil flows quickly without being pumped.
a) Derrick
b) Petroleum
c) Boom and bust cycle
d) Gusher

An economic cycle related to a product where people can earn a large amount of money, and then lose a large amount of money.
a) Fracking
b) Crude
c) Boom and bust cycle
d) Refinery

A town undergoing rapid growth due to sudden economic prosperity.
a) Petrochemical
b) Wildcatter
c) Boomer
d) Boomtown

A new process of extracting oil out of the ground by pumping water underground.
a) Fracking
b) Boom and bust cycle
c) Refinery
d) Petroleum

Petroleum as it comes naturally from the ground, before refining.
a) Black Gold
b) Boomer
c) Crude
d) Refinery

The framework over an oil well that holds the drilling machinery.
a) Boomtown
b) Crude
c) Derrick
d) Black Gold

A person who searches for oil.
a) Kerosene
b) Fracking
c) Crude
d) Wildcatter

A factory where oil is cleaned and turned into other products.
a) Black Gold
b) Refinery
c) Crude
d) Petroleum

A natural resource that includes gasoline, kerosene, diesel, and oil.
a) Petroleum
b) Crude
c) Black Gold
d) Boomer

Another word for oil, represents the value of petroleum.
a) Boom and Bust Cycle
b) Petroleum
c) Crude
d) Black Gold

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