Impacting Watershed
What is population increase?
Ever since it happened in Camas in 1990, more humans have started living here, dropping more trash around the area.
What are reusable items?
This is a pretty simple and common way people help the environment. Some examples are plates, cups, and silverware.
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DAILY DOUBLE
This occurs when large algal blooms die and decompose, consuming large amounts of dissolved periodic table element #8
What is litter?
Many people cause this unfortunate impact on Earth. It's when garbage does not make it into a proper container and ends up on the ground.
What is a ocean cleanup?
This is a non-profit organization that develops and scales technology to remove plastic from oceans and rivers, and lakes by using advanced systems and trash barriers.
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What is Cyanobacteria?
This bacteria, commonly known as blue-green algae, consumes nutrients like phosphorus, nitrogen, and CO2, despite being photosynthetic, and can form large groups known as algal blooms. It lives on the surface of bodies of water, and despite its name, it is not algae.
What is responsibility?
This is the state of having a duty or obligation to deal with something, or the quality of being accountable for one's actions, which, in our case, is taking your trash to a trash can.
What are chemicals?
These toxins come in many forms and under many names, such as phosphorus, carbon dioxide, or nitrogen. Many factors produce these when making products. Hint: When you mix certain ones, it could create bubbles.