Environmental Effects
What were the most common symptoms amongst marine mammals from the oil?
What is a reproductive failure and organ damage
Name at least three effects on humans from a large marine oil spill like this one
What are psychological, physical health, economic, sociological, and cultural effects
In what body of water did the explosion occur?
What is the Gulf of Mexico
How many gallons of oil were spilled into the Gulf of Mexico?
What is 205 million gallons
How did the oil spill affect marshes?
What has polluted the land, caused long-term damage to the structural integrity, reducing shore lines, and killed ecosystems of plants and animals.
What have been the impacts on clean-up and restoration workers?
What are mental and physical issues such as heart diseases and lung function.
What day did the explosion occur?
When is April 20, 2010
When did the oil spill stop?
Which creature suffered the most deaths from this event?
What is an oyster (8.3 billion oysters were killed)
What marine mammal's population will take approximately 100 years to recover?
What is a spinner dolphin
How did the explosion happen?
What is a surge of natural gas blasted through a concrete core
What industries were shut down during the oil spill?
What are oil and fishing
How many square miles of the ocean floor were affected?
What is 770-1,200 square miles
How many miles of shorelines were affected?
What is 1,300 miles
What malfunctioned and could have prevented or lessened the effects of the oil spill during the explosion?
What is the blowout preventer.
How much money did BP have to pay from this incident?
What is $65 billion
What is the estimate number of sea turtles killed due to this oil spill?
What is about 167,000 sea turtles
How many gallons of oil are estimated to still be in the ocean?
What is about 154 million gallons of oil
What was the oil reserve called where the oil rig stood?
What is the Macondo Prospect
What was the successful attempt to stop the oil spill?
What is capping the pipe on the blowout preventer with a 75-ton cap