Marine Pollution

Marine debris can cause animals to:

• Starve

• strangle

• Suffocate

• all of the above.

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Marine litter is mainly composed by...

• Paper / Cardboard

• Metal

• Plastic

• Glass

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Where most of the plastic comes from?

• US and Europe

• Asia

• Rest of the World

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How does plastic end up reaching and entering the ocean from land?

• Littering in towns and cities

• Dumpsites near waterways and oceans

• People littering on beaches

• All of the above

What happens to plastic waste?

• Sinks to the bottom and gets buried under the sand

• It never fully goes away, it just breaks into little pieces

• Dissolves and decomposes in the water

• It is dumped in the ocean for fish to eat

Why is plastic dangerous for marine life?

• a) They mistake it for food and cannot digest it

• b) They can get entangled in it which hinders their ability to swim

• c) It is not dangerous because they use plastic waste for habitats

• Both a) and b)

• Both a) and c)

What causes The Great Pacific Garbage Patch to form?

• surface winds
• tropical storms
• animal nesting
• ocean currents

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What is a micro-plastic?

• a tiny particle created when larger plastic items, tooth brushes, bottles, bags, break down over decades

• invisible organisms in the air

• molecules in the water

• smoke in the air

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Water pollution that comes from many sources is considered...

• point source pollution
• nonpoint source pollution
• thermal pollution
• ocean pollution

______________________ is the buildup of pollutants at higher levels of the food chain.

• porosity
• water pollution
• wastewater
• biomagnification

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