Introduction to Oil – Starter Pack

Summary

This oil 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 oil’s benefits and economic impacts, while the vocabulary list defines essential terms like transportation fuel, commerce, recession, and diversify. This resource helps students with comprehension and mastering key terminology.

Bell Ringer

Instructions: Answer the prompt provided by your teacher.

Vocabulary

Instructions: Watch the Introduction to Oil video and listen for the vocabulary words.

Word	Definition	Example
Dependent	adjective; needing something or someone in order to survive	“. . . many feel we’re too dependent on [oil].”
Commerce	noun; buying and selling things, especially between places or countries	“. . . but the global flow of commerce as well . . . often a long journey powered by oil.”
Transportation Fuel	noun phrase; a type of energy source used to power things that move, like cars and buses	“. . . oil is a fantastic transportation fuel.”
Compact	adjective; small and tightly packed	“[Oil] packs a huge amount of energy into a compact, lightweight liquid form.”
Versatile	adjective; being able to do many different things well or being useful in many ways	“. . . [oil] is an incredibly versatile chemical feedstock.”
Chemical Feedstock	noun phrase; a material used to make chemicals and other products	“. . . [oil] is an incredibly versatile chemical feedstock.”
Political Capital	noun phrase; the trust, support and influence a leader or government has, which they can use to get things done or make decisions	“The world’s largest oil-consuming countries spend . . . huge political capital trying to stabilize oil regions each year.”
Stabilize	verb; to make something steady or less likely to change suddenly	“The world’s largest oil-consuming countries spend billions of dollars and huge political capital trying to stabilize oil regions each year.”
Smog	noun; dirty air that looks like fog, usually caused by pollution	“Smog, local air pollution, and CO²emissions come from the tailpipe.”
Tailpipe	noun; the pipe at the back of a vehicle where smoke and gases come out after the fuel is burned	“Smog, local air pollution, and CO²emissions come from the tailpipe.”
Excessive	adjective; too much of something or more than what is needed	“This gives oil an excessive influence on the global economy.”
Economy	noun; the way money, jobs, and businesses are organized – how people earn, spend and trade money and goods	“This gives oil an excessive influence on the global economy.”
Recession	noun; a time when the economy slows down, and there are fewer jobs, less spending, and businesses may struggle	“High oil prices are often followed by recession.”
Cripple	verb; to seriously hurt or stop something from working properly	“A shock to the global supply of oil . . . can cripple the world economy.”
Stock Portfolio	noun phrase; a collection of different investments, like shares of companies, that a person owns to help their money grow	“The solution, just like in a stock portfolio, is to diversify into other transportation fuels.”
Diversify	verb; to add different kinds of things so that you’re not dependent on just one	“The solution, just like in a stock portfolio, is to diversify into other transportation fuels.”
Alternatives	noun; other choices or options you can use instead of the main one	“As oil prices rise in the future, alternatives will become more competitive . . .”
Competitive	adjective; being good enough to win or succeed against others	“As oil prices rise in the future, alternatives will become more competitive . . .”
Prosperity	noun; having success, wealth, and a good standard of living	“. . . oil is a miracle fuel that built the prosperity of the 20th century.”

Quiz & Cloze Notes

Instructions: Circle the correct answer based on what you learned in the Introduction to Oil video and then fill in the blanks using the word bank.

Q1. Why is oil a great transportation fuel?

It doesn’t really impact the environment.
Its price never changes.
Oil packs a huge amount of energy into a compact form.
It’s not bad for the economy.

Q2. What are some other ways oil is used besides in transportation?

to water crops and cook food
to clean air and cool houses
to make electricity and as a chemical feedstock
to make batteries and charge phones

Q3. Most of the world’s transportation uses oil. What does this mean for oil?

It helps make more ethanol.
It helps reduce pollution.
It helps stop oil drilling.
It gives oil a lot of power in the world’s economy.

Q4: What is true about using different fuels instead of just oil in the future?

It’s likely, because higher oil prices will make other fuels more competitive.
It’s not likely, because oil prices don’t really change much.
It’s likely, because oil-producing countries are always safe and stable.
It’s not likely, because other fuels haven’t been developed yet.

Word Bank

commerce	diversify	oil	pollution
risk	transportation fuel	use

_________________________ is a powerful _________________________ that supports global _________________________ and daily life, but its heavy _________________________ causes _________________________, economic _________________________ and shows the need to _________________________ our energy sources.

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