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yes oil spills do effect animals and plants especially in the sea
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Oil spills can have detrimental effects on animals and plants. The oil coats the feathers or fur of animals, impairing their ability to fly, swim, or move. It can also disrupt the balance of marine ecosystems by killing or contaminating fish, shellfish, and other aquatic organisms. Plants near the spill area can die due to the toxic substances present in the oil.
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How do the oil spills affect the animals?
Oil spills can poison animals. It also can affect the internal temperature of the animal. Oil also smothers some animals.
How do oil spills effect the environment?
Oil can kill millions of animals and plants. Oil spills need to be cleaned up as quickly as possible.
What do scientists expect to happen at the end of the experiment on how oil spills affect plants?
That the plants would be dead
How do oil spills affect sea shores and animals?
By preventing access from the sea to the shore and vice versa, oil spills affect sea shores. They also keep sea and seaside plants from thriving let alone even surviving. Oil spills have a similar impact upon sea and seaside animals. The animals can't move back and forth between the coastal and marine environments. Their health, habitat and food supplies are threatened if not outright destroyed.
Why are oil spills a problem to the environment?
Oil spills are huge problems to the environment. The obvious one is that the oil and slick can harm marine life as well as birds who simply land to get their food. This causes death to animals, dirtying our waters, ruining the eco system, and ruining some of the food chain. The oil spills, if they reach land, can get into the wildlife and plants of the region. If the plants get oil into their roots they will die. Oil spills pose a great threat to wildlife, people, economy, and plants as well. We have to do all in our power to help animals and wildlife who have been sullied by these oil spills.
What are the effects of oil spills?
high cleanup costs, death of plants and animals, and damage to fishing economies
What would your envirement be like without fresh clean water for plants and animals?
the plants and animals would die and because of oil spills and stuff thats kinda whats happening.
Does oil spills affect dolphins?
Yes
Do oil spills kill animals?
yes
Oil spills are not harmful to animals?
False
Why are oil spills bad thing?
oil spills are bad becaus they can kill animals and the oils are harmful to people
How can oil spills be damaging?
Oil spills in the ocean can cause animals to be harmed because they become coated with oil and so does their food.
