Which of the Following Is Essential in Order for Petroleum

question 14

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is essential in order for petroleum to accumulate in a trap?

• A) all of the answers listed here.
• B) hydrocarbons must migrate from a source rock.
• C) the source rock must generate hydrocarbon molecules.
• D) a porous rock to store the hydrocarbon molecules.
• E) a low permeability cap rock that prevents the escape of hydrocarbons.

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Definitions:

Blastocyst

A structure formed in the early development of mammals, consisting of a sphere made up of an outer layer of cells, a fluid-filled cavity, and a cluster of cells on the interior.

Implantation

The process by which a developing organism becomes attached to the uterus.

Cleavage

A series of mitotic cell divisions that transform a zygote into a blastocyst.

Chromosomes

Thread-like structures located inside the nucleus of animal and plant cells, made of protein and a single molecule of DNA.