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Oil Spill Clean Up

Oil Spill Clean Up. By: Shauna. Where does oil come from?. Crude oil is found under the Earth Unrefined Made of dead plants and animals. How do oil spills occur?. Natural Seeps Occurs when oil naturally comes out of the ground Creates a puddle. Oil Spills

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Oil Spill Clean Up

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  1. Oil Spill Clean Up By: Shauna

  2. Where does oil come from? • Crude oil is found under the Earth • Unrefined • Made of dead plants and animals

  3. How do oil spills occur? Natural Seeps • Occurs when oil naturally comes out of the ground • Creates a puddle Oil Spills • Oil tanker could experience a shipwreck • Methane gas can come up and cause the oil drill to fall over • Riser could break

  4. What are the advantages and disadvantages of oil spill clean up techniques?

  5. The Boom Advantages • Is used to keep oil in one area • Collects some oil • Used to “lasso” the oil Disadvantages • Absorbed some oil but began to sink • Gets heavy

  6. Skimmer Advantages • Hair was donated by salons and groomers • Giant boat that skims oil off of the water • Water is burned out of the oil Disadvantages • Sometimes picked up water

  7. Dispersants Advantages • Break the oil and the water • Lots of types of dispersants Disadvantages • Expensive • Get too heavy and would sink

  8. What are the effects of an oil spill? • As toxic goes up the food chain, the animals at the top have the highest risk • Turtles eat globs of oil because it looks like jellyfish • Birds dive for fish and get stuck in oil • Oil gets stuck in birds’ feathers • Marine mammals get oil stuck in their blowholes • Oil from the bottom of the ocean will eventually surface again

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