By: Shauna

 Crude oil is found under the Earth  Unrefined  Made of dead plants and animals

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

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

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

Advantages  Break the oil and the water  Lots of types of dispersants Disadvantages  Expensive  Get too heavy and would sink

 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