Black Gold
Oil received its nickname due to reports from these two.
radio and newspaper
This is the name of of the supercontinent formed 800 million years ago.
The name of the mountain that eroded to 1/6 of its original height.
Arbuckle Mountains
What three energy resources were created millions of years later?
Petroleum (oil), coal, and natural gas
An underground formation of rock where water collects.
aquifer?
This is the name of the "oil gusher"that radio and newspaper reported on.
Wild Mary Sudik
These 3 things happened to the surface to form the mountains.
tilted, folded, cracked
These looked like seaweed and gew 2 feet long and fell to the bottom of the sea.
Bryozoans
How many years ago did plants, flowers, insects, and animal remains collect underwater creating oil, coal, and natural gas. b
30 million years ago
What percentage of farmers use aquifers for irrigation?
70%
The name of the state that was flat and covered and almost completely covered by a shallow sea.
Oklahoma
7 continents
This is the reason the Arbuckle Mountains eroded.
millions of years of weathering and geological forces acted upon exposed, soft sedimentary rocks after tectonic activity pushed them upward.
What helped preserve the plants and animals underwater?
Mud, sand, gravel
This is located in the Panhandle of Oklahoma and seven other states.
Ogallala Aquifer
The name of the two types of rocks rich in magnesium and calcium.
dolomite and limestgone
800 million years ago
Bryozoans fell to the bottom of of the sea creating these (4 answers)
shale, sandstone, limestone, flint
What basin in western Oklahoma contains many energy deposits?
Anadarko Basin
The amount of money the Ogallala Aquifer is worth.
25 billion
This is the name of the most common sea animal found 500 million years ago.
Trilobite
Mountains pushed up and other areas sand to form these (2 answers)
basins and depressions
Basins and depressions formed because these were pushed up and other areas sank.
Mountains
What basin in eastern Oklahoma contains many energy deposits?
Arkoma Basin
Name the 8 states the Ogallala Aquifers is located in.