What does a skimmer do?

Skims across the water surface to pick up oil

How is a spoon a skimmer?

It mostly picks up water, not oil

What is an oil spill?

when a ship has spilled oil into the ocean

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Oil Spills

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A hard quiz about Oil Spills. Questions are about the history of Oil Spills and how to clean them up. Have Fun!!

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1
What does a boom do?
Stop the Oil from spreading
Destroy the oil
Does nothing
Let the oil go away
2
What is a way to clean up an Oil Spill?
A Net
A Boom
A Heater
An Explosion
3
How many crew members were killed in the Atlantic Empress Oil Spill?
32
26
9
39
4
What does a skimmer do?
Who Cares?
Skims across the water surface to pick up oil
It does nothing
Skims across us
5
What is a example of a skimmer?
Some Yarn
A Jet Ski
A Spoon
A Heater
6
When did the BP Oil Spill happen?
April 20, 2010
June 19, 2006
March 2. 2004
May 20, 2014
7
What is one example how oil spills affect the environment?
Paper will harm you
Plants Can Get Poisoned
You will die
it will be the end of the world
8
How is a spoon a skimmer?
It does everything
Nobody KNOWS!
It does nothing
It mostly picks up water, not oil
9
How much had the BP oil spill spilled into the ocean?
210 million U.S. gal
922 million U.S pints
2849 thousand U.S gal
502 million U.S. liters
10
Which oil company started the Ixtoc 1 Oil Spill?
TCS
Enterprises
Pemex
Microsoft
11
How much oil did the Atlantic Empress Oil Spill let out?
287,000 metric tons
9 pints
10 billion quarts
503,305 metric tons
12
What is the biggest oil spill in world history?
Atlantic Empress Oil Spill
Ixtoc 1 Oil Spill
Gulf War Oil Spill
BP Oil Spill
13
Where did the Gulf War Oil Spill happen?
America
Kuwait
India
England
14
What is an example of a sorbent?
Yarn
Funfetti
A spoon
A sponge
15
Usually, a boom is...
8 feet tall
9 inches tall
1 foot tall
3 feet tall
16
How much did Pemex spend cleaning all the oil up?
$500 Billion
$10 Billion
$100 Million
$100 Billion
17
What is an oil spill?
What is an oil spill?
Plastic in the ocean
when a ship has spilled oil into the ocean
when people spill oil
18
Where did the Ixtoc 1 Oil Spill happen?
Edison, NJ
Coast of California
England
Gulf Of Mexico
19
When did the Atlantic Empress Oil Spill happen?
July, 1979
September, 1953
April, 1984
May, 1938
20
What is an example of a boom?
Yarn
Us
A Spoon
A Jet Ski

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