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This natural gas starter pack combines a vocabulary list with a quiz and cloze notes to reinforce key concepts from the video. The quiz assesses students’ understanding of natural gas as a fossil fuel, the role of fracking in its production, and its benefits compared to coal and oil. The vocabulary list defines essential terms like abundant, versatile, emissions, and greenhouse gas.
Instructions: Answer the prompt provided by your teacher.
Instructions: Watch the Introduction to Natural Gas video and listen for the vocabulary words.
| Word | Definition | Example |
|---|---|---|
| Versatile | adjective: having many uses or applications | “Natural gas is versatile, abundant and cleaner.” |
| Abundant | adjective: present in great quantities (as of resources) | “Natural gas is versatile, abundant and cleaner. |
| Consumers | noun: one that utilizes economic goods | “And in the US, and many other countries, including China and India, the big energy consumers of the developing world, hydraulic fracturing is producing natural gas where it was previously not possible.” |
| Developing World | noun: a portion of the emerging and developing world that has a low economic level of industrial production and standard of living because of lack of capital | “And in the US and many other countries, including China and India, the big energy consumers of the developing world, hydraulic fracturing is producing natural gas where it was previously not possible.” |
| Hydraulic Fracturing | noun: a drilling completion process that brings saltwater, natural gas and oil to the surface. If the oil well is not handled properly near the surface, it can sometimes leak into local groundwater | “And in the US and many other countries, including China and India, the big energy consumers of the developing world, hydraulic fracturing is producing natural gas where it was previously not possible.” |
| Greenhouse Gas | noun: a gas that contributes to the greenhouse effect by absorbing infrared radiation, e.g., carbon dioxide, methane and chlorofluorocarbons | “Natural gas itself is also a greenhouse gas, 20 times more potent than CO2, so we’ll need to minimize accidental releases of it. |
| Fracking | noun: shorthand for hydraulic fracturing | “This has got some people worried that fracking will contaminate water supplies and government regulators are looking hard at this issue.” |
| Carbon Emissions | noun: refers to CO2. An odorless, colorless gas that is discharged into the atmosphere from the burning of fossil fuels and the manufacturing of cement | “So natural gas is a cheap, abundant power source that could help all of us reduce our carbon emissions.” |
Instructions: Circle the correct answer based on what you learned in the Introduction to Natural Gas video and then fill in the blanks using the word bank.
Q1. The methane in natural gas is a greenhouse gas, but why is it a better choice than coal or oil?
Q2. Why is hydraulic fracturing a new worry?
Q3. What are the current choices for baseload power?
Q4. Why is the price of natural gas predicted to remain low?
| carbon | carbon dioxide | fossil | fracturing | greenhouse gas | hydraulic |
Natural gas is a cheap, abundant energy source that could help reduce _________________________ emissions. In the United States and many other countries, _________________________ _________________________ is making the production of natural gas possible. Natural gas is still a _________________________ fuel, so burning it still produces _________________________. Natural gas itself is a _________________________, so we need to minimize accidental release of it.