GLITZ AND GLAMOUR OF AN OIL FIELD?

Watch the video and mark these statements as TRUE or FALSE

1. TRUE

   FALSE

     The

   visitors who arrive in LA to soak up the glitz and glamour

   REALIZE what geological treasure lies hidden beneath the city.  
2. TRUE

   FALSE

   The

   oil rigs are camouflaged  

   IN ORDER TO HIDE THE PROFITS

   they

   generate from  the

   environmentalists.                                                                  

    
3. TRUE

   FALSE

     The

   abundance of oil in LA is

   ONLY  INDIRECTLY LINKED  to the region’s devastating earthquakes.
4. TRUE

   FALSE

     Geotechnical

   engineers like Mike Reader

   DON’T

   UNDERSTAND

     the processes at work under LA

   much better than most people.    

5. TRUE

   FALSE

     Faults

   caused by earthquakes  

   WORK AS PIPELINES

     for oil when movement in the rocks beneath

   the city forces oil up to the surface.

6. TRUE

   FALSE

    The

   little tar mounds (or tar volcanoes) which bubble up everywhere on this lawn

   are the result of tar working its way to the ground surface

   THROUGH FRACTURES CAUSED BY EARTHQUAKES

   .

7. TRUE

   FALSE

   Over

   time decomposing sea creatures and plants

   ACCUMULATING

   ON LAND

    (= deposited on

   land)  transformed into oil.

8. TRUE

   FALSE
    HEAT AND INCREASED PRESSURE

     caused

   their transformation into crude oil.

9. TRUE

   FALSE

    The

   oil became trapped in faults in the rock as   

   VOLCANIC

   ACTIVITY

      lifted this land out of

   the ocean.

10. TRUE

    FALSE

     It

    is  

    DIFFICULT

       to extract oil without disturbing local

    residents.

11. TRUE

    FALSE

     Local

    Long Beach citizens

    SUPPORTED

    the

    development of the offshore oil field on THUMS islands.

12. TRUE

    FALSE
     

    MINIMAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT, AESTHETIC APPEAL

    AND NOT DISTURBING THE LOCAL RESIDENTS

    were some of the requirements of Long Beach citizens.
13. TRUE

    FALSE

    The

    same architect who designed THUMS islands façades also designed  

    THE OIL

    WELLS UNDER DISNEYLAND.

14. TRUE

    FALSE

    The

    walls around the THUMS islands were built 

    TO STOP THE NOISE AND HIDE

    HEAVY-DUTY MACHINERY

    .
15. TRUE

    FALSE

    The

    blue-striped tower on island White was built

    EXCLUSIVELY TO MAKE IT LOOK MORE APPEALING.       
16. TRUE

    FALSE

    THUMS

    islands

    FLOAT ON THE SURFACE

    of the

    ocean.                     

17. TRUE

    FALSE

    Charlie

    Plant’s team race 

    TO DRILL A NEW (BORE)HOLE.
18. TRUE

    FALSE

    The

    drilling rig moves around the island on railroad tracks 

    THANKS TO AN EXTREMELY POWERFUL STEAM ENGINE .
19. TRUE

    FALSE

    Oil

    fields across the LA basin

    PLAY ONLY A

    MINOR PART

    in the city’s economy.