Fracking: Fracturing Rock to Reach Oil and Gas Underground

From the Series Next Generation Energy
  • Interest Level: Grade 5 - Grade 8
  • Reading Level: Grade 5

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.

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Interest Level Grade 5 - Grade 8
Reading Level Grade 5
Age Range 10 - 13
Dewey 622
Lexile 1060L
ATOS Reading Level 6.9
Guided Reading Level S
Subjects Environmental Science
Genres Nonfiction
Publisher Crabtree Publishing
Imprint Crabtree Classics
Copyright 2016
Number of Pages 32
Dimensions 8.5 x 10.75
Graphics
BISACS JNF051080, JNF051170, JNF037020
Rights Included WORLD
Language English

Author: Nancy Dickmann