Ecosystems and Oil Spills

When cost cutting efforts made the drilling rig faulty, oil and natural gas rushed into the drill casing and up into the rig where it was ignited and caused a massive explosion:

• Exxon Valdez

• Chevron Valdez

• BP Deepwater Horizon

• BP Shallowater Waves

• Love Canal

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The April 20th, 2010 offshore oil rig explosion that resulted in 11 deaths and 200 million gallons of oil spilled into the Gulf of Mexico was called...

• Exxon Valdez

• Chevron Valdez

• BP Deepwater Horizon

• BP Shallowater Waves

• Love Canal

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Animals that were impacted by Deepwater Horizon oil spill...(Select all that apply)

• pelicans

• sea turtles

• salmon

• coral

• alligators

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A long, floating, apparatus that is interconnected and creates a barrier to minimize the spread of spilled oil is called...

• an oil skimmer

• dispersants

• an oil boom

• an oil fence

• an oil rig

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when microorganisms like bacteria or plants are used to clean up oil spills by "consuming" crude oil, that is called...

• bioremediation

• biotechnology

• biodegradation

• green infrastructure

• green eutrophication

A chemical mixture of emulsifiers and solvents that helps break oil into small droplets to spread out throughout the entire water column of the ocean is called...

• contaminants

• dispersants

• cleaners

• petroleum

• polymers

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An apparatus that is designed to remove thin layers of oil from the surface of a body of water is called...

• an oil skimmer

• dispersants

• an oil boom

• an oil fence

• an oil rig

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When oil from an oil spill reaches the coastline and washes up on beaches it infiltrates the sand and creates something called...

• tar balls

• dispersants

• oil booms

• sticky sauce

• black gold

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When an oil slick reaches coastline ecosystems and washes up on beaches it poses a huge threat to biological organisms. The main removal / clean up method for this is... (Select TWO that apply)

• Oil booms

• Oil skimmers

• Physical removal of sand / soil

• Flushing with hoses, brushes and shovels

• In-situ burning

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When the third mate of an oil tanker steered too far out of a shipping line in the Prince William Sound to avoid colliding with sea ice, he had poor navigation and struck a reef that punctured the single hull tanker, which spilled its contents into the ocean:

• Exxon Valdez

• Chevron Valdez

• BP Deepwater Horizon

• BP Shallowater Waves

• Love Canal

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