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
Disadvantages
 Hair was donated by
 Sometimes picked up
salons and groomers
water
 Giant boat that skims oil
off of the water
 Water is burned out of
the oil
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