The Spill
This ship caused the oil spill in Alaska.
What is the Exxon Valdez?
The crew changed course to avoid hitting these.
What are icebergs?
This floating barrier was used to contain the oil.
What is a boom?
This type of animal was heavily affected by the oil spill.
What are seabirds?
Local people lost these because of the spill.
What are jobs?
The Exxon Valdez hit this underwater rock formation.
What is Bligh Reef?
The tanker crash caused this to happen to its oil tanks.
What is they were punctured?
This method involved setting the oil on fire.
What is burning?
Oil caused animals’ fur and feathers to do this.
What is become matted?
This group was formed to monitor oil tanker activity.
What is a watchdog group?
The accident happened in this U.S. state.
What is Alaska?
Oil spread across the ocean forming this.
What is an oil slick?
These machines were used to scoop oil from the water.
What are skimmers?
Oil is dangerous to animals because it is this.
What is poisonous?
The disaster is described as this word meaning a terrible event.
What is a calamity?
The ship was carrying about this many gallons of oil.
What is about 53 million gallons?
Oil floats on water because it is this compared to seawater.
What is lighter?
Airplanes sprayed these to break up the oil.
What are chemicals (dispersants)?
About this many seabirds died because of the spill.
What is about 250,000?
he Coast Guard now uses this technology to track tankers.
What is a satellite?
About this many gallons of oil spilled into the ocean.
What is about 11 million gallons?
Cold water made the oil break down in this way.
What is slowly?
Cleanup was difficult because of this major weather event.
What is a storm?
The spill damaged this many miles of coastline.
What is about 1,300 miles?
The main lesson is that people must do this to prevent future disasters.
What is work together and be prepared?