Animals
An animal that looks like a plastic bag, which tricks sea turtles into eating it by mistake
Jellyfish
Name three items that are thrown away by humans which can entangle marine animals
Plastic bags, fishing gear (nets), six-pack drink holders, rope, and more...
Name three reusable items you can start using in your every day life that will help fight marine debris
Reusable straws, shopping bags, water bottles, containers etc...
Name 2 reasons why the ocean is important to us
Food, air, medicine, recreation, climate regulation...
Name 5 animals that are most at risk due to marine debris
Sea turtles, dolphins, whales, seabirds, seals, fish, sea lions, etc...
Name three ways trash ends up in the ocean
Overflowing trash cans, littering, blown into the ocean, carried through sewers or rivers etc...
Name a creative way garbage can be reused
Turning it into art
How does marine debris effect humans?
Economic damages (tourists...), health (eating fish that have eaten plastic)
How many animals die every year due to marine debris
100 million
The ocean is made up mostly of this size of plastic.
Microplastic
Name a way to recycle properly
Recycle clean materials, sort your recycling, keep food and liquids out of recycling...
Micro plastics measure under how many mm in length?
Under 5 mm in length
What are the two main ways animals are dying because of marine debris
Plastic entanglement and plastic ingestion
Where is most of the plastic in the ocean found?
The Great Pacific garbage patch
Finish this statement...
Change in the world starts with ___!
You!
Number of major ocean gyres.
Five