What Happens After an Oil Spill?

About how many barrels of oil does the United States use every year?

20 Million

3 Billion

7 Billion

1 Trillion

The most common oil spills lose how much oil?

10 Barrels

1 Barrel

100 Barrels

10,000 Barrels

What does oil do after it has been spilled?

It floats in a bolb until someone picks it up

It sinks to the bottom of the ocean and spreads out

It floats and spreads out in a circle

It floats and spreads out into a thin sheet

What can happen to animals when they get covered in oil?

Animals can still be affected by oil spills years after they have been cleaned up?

True

False

How can an oil spill be cleaned up?

Floating barriers

Catch it with a net

Chemicals

Boat skimmers

Can oil spills be fully cleaned up?

Yes, clean up methods are so effective they can clean all of the oil that is spilled

Yes, clean up methods can clean all of the oil but they may affect the marine life still

No, clean up methods dont get all of the oil spilled

No, clean up methods cannot clean all of the oil and they may still affect marine life

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