Jack T.

“Oil Spills”

    I am studying oil spills. If there’s an oil spill the oil will get stuck in a fishes’ gills. If one fish eats the fish with oil in its gills it will die too. Oil spills also affect humans.

    Oil spills are also a problem for us because we eat fish. Most of the time you just get really sick, but if you have a lot of oil you could die. One way oil spills happen is if you’re shipping oil across the ocean. If the boat sinks, or gets caught on fire all the oil would spill out. That is when it kills all of the animals and plants.

    Any animal or plant can get sick or killed by oil. If a bird went into the oily water to catch a fish it could die, because it would wear off the waterproof oil on the feathers. It would also freeze the bird to death. It can also kill plants like seaweed and plankton.

    Cars need oil because gasoline is made from oil. That's one reason cars are bad for the environment. My action plan is to not use cars as often. I am going to start this plan today, after I do this it will help because if my family doesn't drive we won't use so much oil.