Animals
These animals are affected by ocean pollution when oil from oil spills gets all over them.
What are birds?
This is an event in which petroleum is spilled, sometimes off a boat.
What is an oil spill?
These animals are the world's biggest polluters.
What are humans?
We pollute when we dump leftover soft drinks in the river instead of here.
What is down the drain?
This is a process used to help turn old things into new things.
What is recycling?
This animals get affected by ocean pollution because their main habitats gets destroyed by waste in it.
What are fish?
These crisp pieces of paper are paid by companies that get fined for causing oil spills.
What is money?
This family vehicle produces dirty air, causing air pollution.
What is a car?
Throwing trash, food scraps, or plastics overboard leads to marine debris and microplastics.
What is Improper Waste Disposal?
Replacing traditional detergents and cleaning products with these ensures fewer harmful chemicals enter waterways.
What are biodegradable or eco-friendly products?
These animals are affected by ocean pollution when the holes they go into get contaminated by human waste that has settled on the ocean floor.
What are eels?
Underwater plants may die off, especially in an oil spill, because this is restricted.
What is sunlight?
These tiny plastic fragments, often created when larger items break down, now outnumber plankton in some regions of the ocean. What are they called?
What are Microplastics?
Anchoring on coral reefs, seagrass beds, or mangroves can crush habitats and stir up sediments, causing long-term damage to marine ecosystems. This type of human-caused environmental harm isn’t chemical but still counts as a form of pollution. what is it called?
What is ecological pollution?
This simple rule reminds boaters and beachgoers to take all their trash and recyclables with them instead of leaving them behind, helping prevent marine debris.
What is “Pack it In, Pack it Out”?
This water mammal is affected by ocean pollution when their food sources get contaminated and endangered.
What are whales?
This body of water is a place where a lot of oil spills have happened. It is located just to the south of the US.
What is the Gulf of (Mexico)(America)?
This invisible gas, produced largely by burning fossil fuels, and motors traps heat in the atmosphere and drives global climate change.
What is Carbon dioxide?
This type of waste, often from coastal cities, contains bacteria and viruses that can harm both humans and marine life.
What is Sewage?
Using anchors carefully or mooring buoys instead of dropping anchors on coral reefs or seagrass beds protects these fragile underwater habitats.
What are sensitive marine ecosystems?
This creature is affected when the beaches and shore lines are closed due to waste and trash
What are humans?
This viscous hydrocarbon mixture, extracted from subterranean reservoirs, can cause severe marine contamination when improperly discharged into ocean waters. What is this substance?
When excessive amounts of this nutrient-rich runoff from farms reach lakes and oceans, it can trigger harmful algal blooms. What is this type of pollution?
What is Agricultural runoff?
This type of wastewater, often discharged from ships or coastal cities, includes soapy water from sinks and showers as well as sewage, introducing harmful bacteria and chemicals into the ocean. What are the two main categories called? (Must state which is which)
What is Gray water and black water? (In order of which was asked)
Many cities and industries now treat wastewater before releasing it into rivers or oceans, a process known as this.
What is wastewater treatment?