Aground! Exxon Valdez oil spill

What do we call an enormous boat that transports millions of gallons of oil?

• Tank

• Supertanker

• Boat

• Tugboat

Where did the Exxon Valdez begin its journey?

• Prince William Sound

• California

• Valdez, Alaska

What kind of calamity occurred to the supertanker?

• Collided with an iceberg

• Collided with Bligh Reef

• Collided with another oil tanker

What was one method that response teams used to cleanup the oil?

• Pumping: sucking up the skimmed oil

• Absorbents: soak up oil like a sponge; these are more effective on land than water

• Burning: works well for cleaning a spill but makes a lot of smoke

• Fertilizer: helps to generate oil-eating bacteria

About how much oil spilled from the Exxon Valdez?

• 1 million gallons

• 11 hundred gallons

• 5 thousand gallons

• 11 million gallons

What event made the oil spill disaster worse?

• Low animal populations

• A storm

• An earthquake

• Fires

An "oil slick" is...

• Someone who works on an oil tanker

• Oil that end up on animals

• Oil that floats on water

How did people react when they learned that many animals died?

• People did not care.

• It "touched their hearts"

• Thousands of people volunteered at animal shelters.

• People were angry with the oil companies.

Which animal populations were affected by the oil spill?

• Sea otters

• Fish

• Seabirds

• Polar bears

A "watchdog group" is...

• A group of guard dogs.

• A group of people that monitor activities.