Oil Spills

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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NGSS.MS-ESS3-3

NGSS.MS-ETS1-1

NGSS.MS-ETS1-2

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

• pelicans

• sea turtles

• salmon

• coral

• alligators

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

Animals that were impacted by Exxon Valdez oil spill... (select all that apply)

• birds

• whales

• dolphins

• otters

• moose

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

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

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NGSS.HS-ESS3-4

NGSS.HS-LS2-7

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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NGSS.MS-ESS3-3

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

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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NGSS.MS-ESS3-3

NGSS.MS-ETS1-1

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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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS3-3

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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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

NGSS.MS-ESS3-3

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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NGSS.MS-ESS3-3

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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NGSS.HS-ESS3-1

NGSS.HS-ESS3-2

NGSS.HS-ESS3-4