Vocabulary
Overfishing
Deplete the stock of fish in a body of water
Most fish that we commonly eat can be gone when?
overfishing, pollution and climate change
Human Activity / Pollution
Sustainable
Able to be maintained at a certain rate or level.
Other than people who else eats common fish such as: cod, tuna, salmon and swordfish?
seabirds, seagulls
Approximately how many known species of fish are there?
20,000
What is a dead zone?
Buoy
An anchored float serving as a navigation mark.
What sea life animal would be likely to survive?
Jellyfish
A big net that is being dragged on the bottom of the ocean floor attached to a beam of a boat is called?
A Beam Trawler
When oil sinks into the marshes and beaches, how long does it stay there?
Oil can remain there for years
Culprit
A person/people responsible for problem or crime
Where are jellyfish commonly eaten?
China
If fish lay so many eggs throughout the year, why would we ever run out of fish?
Most fish eggs don't survive
The largest oil spill happened on April 20, 2010. The company BP was responsible.
The book compares this major oil spill to a major oil tanker disaster every day for three months.
Depletion
Reduction in the number of quantity of something.
What animal is hunted mostly for its fins? What do they do with the fins?
Sharks
In China they use the fins to make shark fin soup
What would happen if the world doesn't reduce its use of oil?
More disasters are likely to happen in the oceans