Examine the photograph of a platform used to drill for oil beneath the ocean floor.
An oil rig in the middle of the ocean with waves crashing around it.
If a storm damages this structure, what environmental impact could result?
Marine life would be injured from spilled oil.
The owners would lose money from lost production.
People would not have enough clean drinking water.
The workers would need to find shelter from the storm
Marine life would be injured from spilled oil. The other answers, while negative consequences, are not environmental impacts. Salt water is not drinkable, so drinking water would not be a concern.