Pollutants
this occurs when harmful substances contaminate streams, rivers, lakes, or oceans
What is water pollution?
this protects you and your family from harmful UVB and UVA rays
What is sunscreen?
the act of moving from one place to another and back, usually in a predictable cycle
What is migration?
What are oil byproducts?
What is marine debris?
the natural home or environment where a plant or animal lives, eats and grows
What is habitat?
always enter the ocean in this way, to protect your head and neck
What is feet first?
an animal or plant family at risk of disappearing completely from our planet
What is an endangered species?
most oil is collected here, where massive oil rigs drill
What is the ocean floor?
made from crude oil, this material makes up the majority of the trash that litters our bodies of water
What is plastic?
over 2 billion people on our planet do not have access to this
What is clean water?
a narrow, powerful channel of water flowing away from the shore
What is a rip current?
an animal or plant family which has no living individuals anywhere on the planet
What is an extinct species?
this organization is primarily responsible for cleaning up oil spills in U.S. waters
What is the U.S. Coast Guard?
the increase in concentration of a substance in the tissues of organisms at successively higher levels in the food chain
What is biomagnification?
always do this before drinking water from a lake, river, or stream
What is boil?
if ever caught in a rip current, you should do this
What is stay calm and swim parallel to the shore?
the act of protecting resources, ecosystems, and structures for present and future generations
What is preservation?
a type of resource that cannot be replaced once it is used up, such as oil or petroleum
What is a nonrenewable?
these are the 3 Rs for preventing water pollution
What is reduce, reuse & recycle?
the largest accumulation of marine debris in the world, located between California and Hawaii
What is the Great Pacific Garbage Patch?
displayed for all to see, the different colors of these indicate ocean conditions and potential hazards
What are beach warning flags?
taking care of our environment by wisely managing its resources
What is conservation?
the infamous 1989 oil spill off the coast of Alaska, where 41.6 million liters of oil were released into the ocean
What is Exxon Valdez?
using resources in ways that do not deplete them
What is sustainable use?