CHAPTER 15: MARINE RESOURCES RESOURCE CLASSIFICATION – NON-RENEWABLES

PHYSICAL & BIOLOGICAL RESOURCES  PHYSICAL RESOURCES: INCLUDE MINERALS, ENERGY PRODUCTION, AND RECREATION EXAMPLES OF PHYSICAL RESOURCES ARE OIL AND NATURAL GAS DOES NOT INVOLVE BIOLOGICAL PROCESSES  BIOLOGICAL RESOURCES: INVOLVE BIOPRODUCTIVITY EXAMPLES ARE FISHERIES AND KELP HARVESTING Christopher Alicea

RENEWABLE & NON-RENEWABLE RESOURCES RENEWABLE RESOURCES: GROWING ORGANISMS (TUNA) AND SUNLIGHT THEY NATURALLY REPLENISH IN A HUMAN LIFESPAN MOST BIOLOGICAL RESOURCES ARE RENEWABLE  NON-RENEWABLE RESOURCES: RESOURCES THAT DO NOT NATURALLY REPLACE OR SLOWLY REPLENISH IN A HUMAN LIFESPAN EXAMPLES: OIL, FOSSIL FUELS AND DEPLETING ORGANISMS (WHALES) MOST PHYSICAL RESOURCES ARE NON- RENEWABLE Christopher Alicea SOME POTENTIALLY RENEWABLE RESOURCES HAVE BECOME NON-RENEWABLE DUE TO HUMAN INTERFERENCE. FOR EXAMPLE CERTAIN FISH SPECIES (WHALES) HAVE BECOME NON- RENEWABLE DUE TO OVER FISHING BY HUMANS.

FORMATION OF OIL AND NATURAL GAS SCIENTIST BELIEVE THAT OIL AND NATURAL GAS FORM FROM THE REMAINS OF MARINE ORGANISIMS SUCH AS PLANKTON AND SOFT BODIED BENTHIC ORGANISMS THAT ARE PUT UNDER HIGH PRESSURE AND TEMPERATURE OVER MILLIONS OF YEARS. THE SURROUNDING ROCK IS IMPORTANT TO THE FORMATION OF OIL AND NATURAL GAS BECAUSE SINCE IT IS NONPOROUS IT TRAPS THE OIL AND GAS ALLOWING A RESERVE TO FORM THE SURROUNDING ROCK IS IMPORTANT TO THE SEARCH FOR OIL BECAUSE IT FORMS AREAS OF LOW DENSITY WHICH SCIENTIST CAN DETECT USING SOUND WAVES Yanselis Sanchez

EXTRACTION OF OIL AND NATURAL GAS OIL COMPANIES EXTRACT OIL AND NATURAL GAS FROM THE SEA BED BY DRILLING FROM OIL RIGS AND USING SPECIAL EQUIPMENT TO REDUCE THE RISK OF OIL SPILLS AND GAS LEAKS. DRILLING AT SEA COST A LOT MORE THAN DOING SO ON LAND BECAUSE IT REQUIRES A PLATFORM FROM WHICH TO DRILL FROM AND HAS HIGH TRANSPORTATION EXPENSES. IN ORDER TO MEET THE CHALLENGES THEY USE DIVERS AND ROV (ROMOTELY OPERATED VECHILCES) TO MAINTAIN UNDERWATER EQUIPMENT. ALSO ADVANCES IN DRILLING TECHNOLOGIES ALLOW OIL RIGS TO CONTINUE TO GROW AND MEET THE DEMANDS FOR OIL. Yanselis Sanchez & Christopher Alicea