The document discusses oil spills, their impacts, and ways to help prevent them. It notes that 27 oil spills occur daily worldwide, affecting wildlife like birds and hermit crabs. Between 1967 and 1989, the largest 15 oil spills released over 14 million barrels of oil. The largest accidental oil spill was from the 2010 Gulf oil rig leak of 89 days. The document urges readers to help by having solar panels installed, donating money, and reducing oil usage and transport to prevent further damage to the environment from oil spills.

1. By:
OIL SPILLS
By Nick White and Brandon Beane

2. OIL SPILLS ARE OCCURRING ALL OVER THE
WORLD .
And they are
affecting nature!
Birds
Hermit crabs

3. 27 oil spills occur daily.
Some are big,
And some are small.

4. BETWEEN 1967 AND 1989, THE FIFTEEN
LARGEST OIL SPILLS SPEWED OVER 14,000,000
BARRELS OF OIL INTO THE SEAS AND LAND.
Animals
obviously don’t
like that.

5. THAT’S MORE THAN THE
FIFTEEN LARGEST OIL SPILLS
OF 1967-1989!ABOUT
129,000,000 GALLONS MORE
In 1979 the Ixtoc
oil refinery drilled
into a oil pool
releasing
140,000,000
gallons of oil.

6. THE GULF OIL RIG THAT SANK IN APRIL 20 2010
LEAKED FOR 89 DAYS AND IS THE WORLDS LARGEST
ACCIDENTAL RELEASE OF OIL.

7. IF WE DON’T ACT SOON THE ENVIRONMENT
WILL BECOME A OIL SPILL FILLED WASTELAND
You may
even see
less beach
and more of
this.

8. Unique species could
turn extinct by getting
hypothermia.
Like
the
pelican
and
the
sea
otters

9. OIL SPILLS
AFFECT US
TOO.
When oil spills occur oil
toxins fly in the air we
breath in!

10. BUT THEY ARE INEFFECTIVE
IN MOST CASES DUE TO OIL
HARDENING AND SINKING
TO THE OCEAN FLOOR.
Booms are used to
clean up some oil from
spills.

11. HERE’S HOW
YOU CAN HELP

12. YOU CAN TELL YOUR PARENTS TO
INSTALL SOLAR PANELS TO
REDUCE THE USE OF OIL.

13. YOU COULD
DONATE
MONEY TO
HELP
PREVENT OIL
SPILLS.

17. IF WE ALL DO THOSE LITTLE THINGS WE COULD
HELP PREVENT OIL FROM BEING SHIPPED OR
DRILLED.

19. IF WE TRY, WE CAN CHANGE
THE WORLD.

20. BIBLIOGRAPHY
• Works Cited
• "Educator Resources: Oil Spills." National Geographic. National Geographic. Web. 06 Apr.
2012. <http://www.nationalgeographic.com/educator-resources/oil-spills/>.
• "Layers of Life." National Geographic. National Geographic. Web. 06 Apr. 2012.
<http://www.nationalgeographic.com/educator-resources/oil-spills/diagram/layers-of-life/>.
• Nardo, Don. Oil Spills. San Diego California: Lucent, 1991. Print.
• "Oil Spill Activity: Sea Turtles and the Oil Spill." National Geographic. National Geographic.
Web. 06 Apr. 2012. <http://www.nationalgeographic.com/educator-resources/oil-
spills/activity/turtles-and-oil/>.
• "Oil Spill Activity: Simulate an Oil Spill Cleanup." National Geographic. National Geographic.
Web. 06 Apr. 2012. <http://www.nationalgeographic.com/educator-resources/oil-
spills/activity/oil-spill-cleanup/>.
• "Oil Spills and Pollution." Green Living on National Geographic. National Geographic. Web. 06
Apr. 2012. <http://greenliving.nationalgeographic.com/oil-spill-cause-pollution-3082.html>.
• Talen, Maria. Ocean Pollution. San Diego: Lucent, 1991. Print.
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