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TII. Short Answer Questions
1. What is oil slick? How is it caused? How is this dangerous to marine animals? ​

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Answered by rahulppotdar
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oil slick is an area of oil that floats on the sea, usually after a ship carrying oil has crashed...Oil spills into rivers, bays, and the ocean most often are caused by accidents involving tankers, barges, pipelines, refineries, drilling rigs, and storage facilities. Spills can be caused by: people making mistakes or being careless. equipment breaking down....Here, they swim, breathe, feed or rest. Thus, the possibility of their contact with a surface slick, water-in-oil emulsion, or tar balls, is high. In heavy pelage marine mammals, such as fur seals, sea otters and polar bears, this contact may lead to fouling...

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