I chose this topic because I wanted people to stop dumping oil in water so kitties do not die!
Oil Spills
By: Grayson Warner
SMASH! Two ships smash into each other and oil spills out of the two ships and it pollutes the water BADLY. This is known as oil spills. Oil spills can also happen with cars, trucks, oil rigs, and pipelines.
HOW DO OIL SPILLS HAPPEN?
Oil spills happen when cars, trucks, and ships ships crash and spill oil in the environment and hurt animals, plants, and people. Oil does not belong in oceans,rivers,creeks,or any body of water. Oil spills can also come from pipelines bursting and oil rigs exploding. Oil spills also happen when oil comes out of vehicles that were in a crash. Oil can even go into groundwater! Oil does not belong in ground water or any body of water. We can also use less plastic bottles and stuff like that.
HOW DO OIL SPILLS HARM WATER?
It can make water unsafe to drink. It can also hurt animals. Oil rigs can burst, explode, and leak. Did you know that seven years ago an oil rig named deep horizon. exploded and caught on fire? Then oil spilled out into the gulf and when it was done it was the size of Florida! It is the biggest oil spill in american history. Scientists are still investigating how much damage it caused. Also, many years ago a creek caught on fire because of all of the pollution. This happened because people did not know that if you throw garbage in a creek it can catch on fire!! It can make water unsafe to drink. It can also hurt animals. Oil can get into the skin of fish, crabs, shrimp and many more. It can also kill birds. Oil can get into feathers. Who knows how many died from that? Animals can also swallow it whole and get sick and die!
HOW CAN WE HELP?
People can spread the message to the people who do not know what oil or gasoline does to
water. We can also put up posters to spread the message so people do not dump oil in any body of water. Maintenance workers should maintain oil rigs to make sure they are not getting old and repair them before they can leak. People can donate money to organizations that help save animals that have been affected by oil. People can carpool to school and work instead of taking two cars.
Resources
Jennings Bell, City of Decatur Project Engineer
Oliver Holmes, Environmental Expert
https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/oilimpacts.html
https://www.environmentalpollutioncenters.org/oil-spill/causes/
Jensen, Ned. Deep Trouble The Gulf Coast Oil Spill. Learning A-Z.
http://ocean.si.edu/gulf-oil-spill
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/oil-spill-cleanup-illusion-180959783/
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/may/30/oil-spills-nigeria-niger-delta-shell
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/may/30/oil-spills-nigeria-niger-delta-shell
http://greenliving.lovetoknow.com/Effects_of_Oil_Spills
http://www.itopf.com/knowledge-resources/documents-guides/environmental-effects/
Glossary
Maintain- (main-tain) to check something.
Maintenance workers- (maint-nce) People who check on/fix something
By: Grayson Warner
SMASH! Two ships smash into each other and oil spills out of the two ships and it pollutes the water BADLY. This is known as oil spills. Oil spills can also happen with cars, trucks, oil rigs, and pipelines.
HOW DO OIL SPILLS HAPPEN?
Oil spills happen when cars, trucks, and ships ships crash and spill oil in the environment and hurt animals, plants, and people. Oil does not belong in oceans,rivers,creeks,or any body of water. Oil spills can also come from pipelines bursting and oil rigs exploding. Oil spills also happen when oil comes out of vehicles that were in a crash. Oil can even go into groundwater! Oil does not belong in ground water or any body of water. We can also use less plastic bottles and stuff like that.
HOW DO OIL SPILLS HARM WATER?
It can make water unsafe to drink. It can also hurt animals. Oil rigs can burst, explode, and leak. Did you know that seven years ago an oil rig named deep horizon. exploded and caught on fire? Then oil spilled out into the gulf and when it was done it was the size of Florida! It is the biggest oil spill in american history. Scientists are still investigating how much damage it caused. Also, many years ago a creek caught on fire because of all of the pollution. This happened because people did not know that if you throw garbage in a creek it can catch on fire!! It can make water unsafe to drink. It can also hurt animals. Oil can get into the skin of fish, crabs, shrimp and many more. It can also kill birds. Oil can get into feathers. Who knows how many died from that? Animals can also swallow it whole and get sick and die!
HOW CAN WE HELP?
People can spread the message to the people who do not know what oil or gasoline does to
water. We can also put up posters to spread the message so people do not dump oil in any body of water. Maintenance workers should maintain oil rigs to make sure they are not getting old and repair them before they can leak. People can donate money to organizations that help save animals that have been affected by oil. People can carpool to school and work instead of taking two cars.
Resources
Jennings Bell, City of Decatur Project Engineer
Oliver Holmes, Environmental Expert
https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/oilimpacts.html
https://www.environmentalpollutioncenters.org/oil-spill/causes/
Jensen, Ned. Deep Trouble The Gulf Coast Oil Spill. Learning A-Z.
http://ocean.si.edu/gulf-oil-spill
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/oil-spill-cleanup-illusion-180959783/
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/may/30/oil-spills-nigeria-niger-delta-shell
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/may/30/oil-spills-nigeria-niger-delta-shell
http://greenliving.lovetoknow.com/Effects_of_Oil_Spills
http://www.itopf.com/knowledge-resources/documents-guides/environmental-effects/
Glossary
Maintain- (main-tain) to check something.
Maintenance workers- (maint-nce) People who check on/fix something
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