Marine Life
Plastics
Adaptations
Other
Tie Breaker Questions
100
Birds can get this caught around their neck
rounds of plastic packaging
100
What item takes the longest to decompose?
Glass bottles- they can take over 1 million years to decompose
100
How do birds use marine plastics?
Some marine birds have been seen using fishing line to help build their nests
100
How big is a humpback whales throat
Only as big as a grapefruit! Any plastics smaller than that are able to enter into the humpback whales digestive system
200
What is the name of the very small plastic that fish commonly (accidentally) ingest?
Micro plastics ( something less than 5 mm in size)
200
What are the most commonly throw away items?
paper and carboard products
200
How do bivalves ( things like clams, mussels etc.) use marine plastics?
Some bivalves have been seen to attach themselves to free floating plastic
200
What company docks in the Victoria harbour and helps with cleaning up the GPGP
Ocean Clean Up Boats
( the big blue ones by the break water)
300
What animal do we often see on our tours with fishing lures in their mouth?
Sea Lions
300
Define: Biomagnification
The increase in concentration of a toxic or chemical as you move up the food chain
300
How have some crab species been seen using plastics?
Hermit crabs: some use bits of plastic for their shell
Decorator crabs: use small bits of plastic and "decorate" their shell with it ( acts as camouflage)
300
What industry contributes the most waste to the Great Pacific Garbage Patch?
The fishing industry
300
What year was plastic first invented?
1907
400
In the Salish Sea this is the biggest cause for whale entanglement.
Fishing gear
400
Define: bioaccumulation
The increase in the concentration of a chemical or toxin over an organisms life time
400
How have some animals used: cups, bottles, boxes, other large items in their everyday lives
These items can be used as a home or as a hiding place from predators
400
What damage can ghost nets cause to marine life?
Entanglement
Habitat destruction
400
When was plastic commercialised?
There are two dates! give us both and you get 400 only 1 and you get 200
After WW2
1960/70s
500
Turtles can get these stuck down their throat.
Bonus point if you know why...
Plastic bags
500
How to eliminate plastics from entering the ocean
You need at least 3 examples
Some ideas:
Reduce Your Use of Single-Use Plastics
Beach or River Cleanup
Recycle Properly
500
How do killer whales females manage to offload some toxins and plastics?
When they give birth and feed their young calf
500
How big was the GPGP before they started cleaning it up?
Pacific Garbage Patch occupies 1.6 million square kilometers,
Twice the size of Texas,
Three times the size of France.