Science 30 Diploma Examination January 2001

The petroleum industry in Alberta provides many benefits; however, it also producessome environmental and safety concerns.15. When geologists search for oil, they study rock formations. Instruments at Earth’ssurface record and analyze radiation emitted by rocks. The instrument that is usedto record the emitted radiation is aA. laserB. telescopeC. spectrometerD. fission reactor16. In Alberta between 1976 to 1996, 32 workers died after inhaling hydrogen sulfidegas (H 2 S (g) ). Hydrogen sulfide enters the body through the lungs and is firstdissolved in theA. plateletsB. blood plasmaC. red blood cellsD. white blood cells8