Oil spills from oil tankers and ships can pollute water and harm marine life. An experiment showed that oil causes feathers to clump together, which would prevent birds from flying or keeping warm. Untreated water did not affect feathers, but soapy water caused them to clump slightly. Oily water made feathers clump very tightly, which could leave birds unable to fly or swim and risk freezing or taking in oil when cleaning themselves. The oil spill would significantly impact birds and other sea creatures.

1. WATER – AWATER – A
PRECIOUSPRECIOUS
RESOURCERESOURCE
WATER POLLUTIONWATER POLLUTION
South View Primary SchoolSouth View Primary School
P6 F. Science Day 2P6 F. Science Day 2

2. WATERWATER
POLLUTIOPOLLUTIO
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LITTERING AND
DUMPING
OIL SPILL
FERTILISERS

3. OIL SPILLOIL SPILL

4. Oil tankers or ships collide
Sea
mammals Fish Plants
Birds
OIL SPILL

5. OTHER CAUSES OF OILOTHER CAUSES OF OIL
SPILLSPILL
 Oil tankers areOil tankers are
loading andloading and
unloading largeunloading large
amount of oils.amount of oils.
 Waste engine oilWaste engine oil
is released fromis released from
ships.ships.

6. HOW WILL OIL SPILLHOW WILL OIL SPILL
AFFECT MARINE LIFE?AFFECT MARINE LIFE?
 BIRDSBIRDS
 SEA MAMMALSSEA MAMMALS
 FISHFISH
 PLANTSPLANTS
DO YOU THINK THEYDO YOU THINK THEY
WILL DIE? WHY?WILL DIE? WHY?
FEATHERS
FUR
OXYGEN/ WATER

7. AIM OF EXPERIMENTAIM OF EXPERIMENT
 TO OBSERVE WHAT WILL HAPPEN TOTO OBSERVE WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO
FEATHER IN POND WATERFEATHER IN POND WATER
 TO OBSERVE WHAT WILL HAPPEN TOTO OBSERVE WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO
FEATHER IN POND WATERFEATHER IN POND WATER WITH SOAPWITH SOAP
 TO OBSERVE WHAT WILL HAPPEN TOTO OBSERVE WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO
FEATHER IN POND WATERFEATHER IN POND WATER WITH OILWITH OIL

8. CLEAN PONDCLEAN POND
WATER (A)WATER (A)
SOAPY PONDSOAPY POND
WATER (B)WATER (B)
OILY PONDOILY POND
WATER ( C)WATER ( C)
RESULTS OF THE EXPERIMENT
Fill in the table with the answers given.
Feather is wet but dries easily.
Feather clumps tightly together.
Feather clumps slightly.
Feather becomes wet.
Feather becomes very wet.

9. BIRDS
FEATHERS WILL
CLUMP TOGETHER
OIL SPILL
Unable to
fly/swim
Freeze Take in oil when they
clean themselves

11. WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THEWHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THE
BIRDS THEN?BIRDS THEN?
EFFECTS ONEFFECTS ON
BIRDS IN (A)BIRDS IN (A)
EFFECTS ONEFFECTS ON
BIRDS IN (B)BIRDS IN (B)
EFFECTS ONEFFECTS ON
BIRDS IN (C )BIRDS IN (C )
Birds can fly.
Birds will find it a little
difficult to keep warm
Birds will not be able to fly at all.
Birds can keep warm.
Birds cannot keep warm
and can freeze to death.
Birds will have slight difficulty in
flying.
Fill in the table with the answers below.Fill in the table with the answers below.

12. The EndThe End