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Chemistry of Oil
Fish & Fisheries
Other Wildlife
Human Health Impacts
Coral Reefs & Marshes
100
What are hydrocarbons?
Compounds of Hydrogen & Carbon.
100
Scientists predict that the oil spill will impact these endangered animals on a global scale due to their migration patterns, but because their bodies sink to the ocean floor, it's hard to say how many are impacted.
What is the whale shark
100
What is the most recent number of sea turtle deaths known?
320
100
What are groups of people whose health is most impacted by oil spills?
Clean up volunteers, Sailors, Pregnant women, People who don't wear proper safety equipment (sometimes)
100
What is one way oil can effect plant life?
blockage of stomata for O2 passage
200
What are other common chemicals found in oil?
Sulfur & Nitrogen.
200
Oil that remains in the Gulf is disrupting Gulf manta rays' what?
What is migration and reproduction
200
the number of bird deaths recorded by November 2010
What is 5,686
200
What are mental health issues common in areas affected by oil spills?
PTSD, Depression, Anxiety Disorders
200
How much land space do corals account for.
1/10 of 1%
300
How many common molecular structures are there for crude oil?
Three- For example Aromatic.
300
Name 3 impacts of the oil spill on Gulf fisheries
Examples: loss of important wildlife populations, loss of jobs, loss of business, lower wages, increased debt, damage to key fishing habitats
300
What is one reason the oil spill is so dangerous for turtles in the gulf compared to other marine life?
They are endangered or threatened, or the spill occurred during prime nesting season
300
What are ways people can become physically ill from oil spills?
Inhalation of airborne chemicals, eating contaminated seafood
300
What is one way resource already being used to keep the oil from reaching the marshes?
Sand Berms
400
What does PAH stand for?
Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon
400
Dolphins, shrimp, fish, sea turtles, corals, seaweed, brown pelicans, and coastal habitats are all essential for fisheries and diversity of the Gulf, but all of these are suffering from the spill. How far into the future will these effects be seen?
What is years and possibly even decades
400
What is endangering Loggerhead turtles even though it is helping the clean up?
Sand Berms
400
What is the way chemicals from oil spills can affect human cells to cause chronic health problems?
Through genotoxic effects that damage DNA, potentially cause cancer, and can be passed on to children.
400
What is the % of known species that live in coral
5%
500
Studies found between May & June a 40 fold increase in what?
PAHs
500
In May of 2010, Senate Republicans blocked - for the second time - a Democratic plan to raise the liability for oil spills from 75 million dollars to 10 billion dollars. What does this mean for fishermen in the Gulf?
They will receive less money from BP to make up for their losses.
500
a major cause of oil related deaths in birds
What is Hypothermia
500
What is the problem eating contaminated seafood poses for human health?
Heavy metals and other toxic chemicals can build up fat tissues and eventually reach a level of toxicity.