For this assignment, read the following online article about plastics in the ocean [HERE] and then answer the following questions:
Before reading:
1) When you throw away garbage, where does it go? Name a few places other than the dump where you’ve seen lots of trash.
During/After reading:
2) List a few things a person could find at Kamilo Beach. List a few things a person could not find at Kamilo Beach.
3) How many tons of trash do volunteers remove from the Kamilo Beach area each year?
4) The North Pacific Ocean gyre is far from land. So how does so much plastic trash end up in the gyre?
5) Describe how scientists collect and study samples from gyres.
6) Describe the different ways that sea life interacts with the floating plastic. (Hint: How do barnacles use floating plastic? Do some animals eat the plastic?) Are these interactions good or bad?
7) Why are the smaller pieces of plastic floating at sea so dangerous?
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