Fracking : fracturing rock to reach oil and gas underground (Next Generation Energy) by Dickmann, Nancy

Fracking : fracturing rock to reach oil and gas underground (Next Generation Energy)
by Dickmann, Nancy

(#0775QW3)

Hardcover (library binding) Crabtree Publishing Company, 2016

Price: USD 23.00

Description: 32 pages : illustrations (chiefly color); 28 cm.
Dewey: 622; Audience: Middle School; Reading Level: 8.0

Other available formats

Paperback Crabtree Publishing Company, 2016

USD 7.51

Product Overview
From Follett

Includes bibliographical references (page 31) and index.;What is energy? -- Fracking basics -- Fracking products -- The dawn of fracking -- How it works -- Where in the world? -- Gas vs. coal -- The fracking boom -- Environmental impact -- Political controversy -- Pros and cons -- The future of fracking -- Power up! Looks at hydraulic fracturing, focusing on how it works, related political controversy, and its environmental impact.

From the Publisher

In the search for oil and gas, we have drilled deep beneath the ocean's surface and the ground to tap into the energy wells trapped there. Today, we need more energy than ever before in our history, but the oil and gas fields may soon dry up. One option being considered is fracking. Rock is fractured underground in order to reach deposits. Discover how people use fracking to harness the before-unreachable supplies of gas and oil beneath Earth's surface, the challenges of this form of mining, and the controversies surrounding it.

Product Details
  • Publisher: Crabtree Publishing Company
  • Publication Date: August 22, 2015
  • Format: Hardcover (library binding)
  • Series: Next generation energy
  • Dewey: 622
  • Classifications: Nonfiction
  • Description: 32 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 28 cm.
  • ISBN-10: 0-7787-1984-7
  • ISBN-13: 978-0-7787-1984-7
  • LCCN: 2015-022003
  • Follett Number: 0775QW3
  • Reading Level: 8.0
  • Audience: Middle School