| A | B |
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| BOOM | A floating device used to hold an oilslick together |
| CORRODE | To eat away or be eaten away by chemical action |
| CHEMICAL ACTION | Pouring chemicals in the oil slick |
| CRUDE OIL | Liquid mixture of different hydrocarbons. Formed over a long period of time. |
| SKIMMER | A boat that is designed to remove oil from a water mass. |
| SLICK | Oil that is spilled on a water mass that creates a thin oil on the top of a body of water. It can grow very big if it isn't cleaned up. |
| EVAPORATE | To turn to vapor from a solid or liquid form. |
| HERDERS | A method of keeping oil from spreading. |
| VACUUM | A method of cleaning up an oil spill. A large tube sucks the oil up and it goes into a tank. |
| WEIR SKIMMER | A type of skimmer that it use to stop an oil slick. It has high sides so that it can stop the slick and a hollow container can trap the oil. |
| FLOATING DISK | Round containers that are put through an oil slick. The oil is trapped on the surface of it and then it can be disposed of. |
| ROPE SKIMMER | A type of skimmer. The rope is passed through the oil slick. The oil penetrates the rope and collects inside of it. |
| CONTAIN AND REMOVE | The process of putting a boom around the oil slick and then having skimmers skim it out. |
| TIDE | A wave and that can make skimming impossible. |
| SUPERSKIMMER | A boat used to clean up spills that is able to contain 55,000 gallons of oil. They cost $5 million. |
| OIL RECOVERY SHIPS | A new type of ship that can have very powerful vacuums to suck up the oil. |
| MOUSSE | This is brown goo that skimmers are not able to clean up. |
| PADDLE BELT SKIMMER | A type of skimmer. It is a type of contraption that uses paddles to lift the oil up and them dump it in a big tank. |
| TANKER | Is a ship that skimmers pump oil into and then the tanker take it to an oil refinery and it gets cleaned and reused. |
