Friday, April 17, 2009

Essential Questions:Ocean Pollution

What, specifically about your topic, are you going to research?I am going to research the human causes and effects of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.
What conclusions did you come to? What do you recommend average citizens do to make a difference? Be specific. This is the main part of your assignment. The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is the world's largest garbage dump. Every year 10% of the produced plastic ends up in the ocean and it has accumulated to the point that 90% of the trash in the ocean is plastic. It gets there from spilled and lost material from plastic companies. The plastic that the animals ingest are ingested by the humans that eat them. Average citizens could recycle plastics to keep them out of the ocean. Also they could make sure all trash was correctly disposed of.
What would happen if, worst-case scenario, nobody listened to your recommendations? If no one listened to my recommendations the ocean will get more polluted and start having harsher affects on people across the globe. Not preventing more pollution in this body of water could create harasher side affects on humans. Also it could end up destroying habitats in the Pacific.
What would happen if, best-case scenario, everybody listened to your recommendations? If people did listen to my recommendations it could help save all life that relys on the water. It could save the habitats and lives of all life in and around the Pacific Ocean.

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