Ocean Pollution by Maisie Chau https://padlet.com/mchau100/pollution Kevin Nguyen, Bryan Ly, Kenneth Luong, Maisie Chau en-us 2015-03-27 20:39:39 UTC 2025-12-20 17:52:23 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.storage.googleapis.com/portrait/earth.jpg mchau100 https://padlet.com/mchau100/pollution/wish/55425230 2015-03-30 20:31:13 UTC https://padlet.com/mchau100/pollution/wish/55425230 What causes  ocean pollution and what does it do to the animals? https://padlet.com/mchau100/pollution/wish/55566169 Ocean pollution comes from man-made waste and chemicals. In the past the sewer systems lead into the ocean. The chemicals that fall into the water infect the animals through a process called biomagnification. The chemicals goes into phytoplankton and gets eaten by zooplankton. The zooplankton gets eaten by a large fish. The large fish gets eaten by a larger consumer. So the chemical that was eaten by the phytoplankton get passed down the chain to the top consumer.

]]> 2015-03-31 19:59:59 UTC https://padlet.com/mchau100/pollution/wish/55566169 Graph https://padlet.com/mchau100/pollution/wish/55569313 This graph shows the percentage of pollutants that enter the oceans. The highest percentage of pollutants that enter the ocean would be sewage from human waste and storm drains which builds up trash and waste when there is rain. Air pollutants from greenhouse gases and burning  of fossil fuels along with farm runoff is 20% each of pollutants. The greenhouse gasses create a blanket that traps heat in the ozone layer and  runoff of waters from farms picks up waste and deposits when they reach the ocean. Industrial waste water is 10% because it is common, Water from companies are dump into the ocean along with chemicals that are in those water mixing with the fresh sea water causing water contamination. Liter is 5%, the waste and trash people leave behind that gets blown into the ocean and  build ups. Offshore oil is also 5% because the oil spills occur from oil deposits into the ocean or leaks from oil carrying ships.

]]> 2015-03-31 20:28:17 UTC https://padlet.com/mchau100/pollution/wish/55569313 Why do we care and how do we fix it? https://padlet.com/mchau100/pollution/wish/55704129 We should care about ocean pollution because it is harmful to many animals. Its also harmful to us since our seafood comes from the oceans and if we don't keep it clean then they can become contaminated and take in harmful chemicals in the ocean. This could very much destroy the ecosystem. More than 60% of Earth is the ocean so it is extremely important to keep it safe since it is such a large portion of our planet. We can fix ocean pollution by stopping the act of throwing waste into the ocean. We can also stop the sewage sludge that is dumped in the ocean.

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http://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/pollution.html

http://marinebio.org/oceans/ocean-dumping/

Miller & Levine Biology 2010 Textbook (Our Textbook)

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