ocean+pollution

Explain the following:


 * kinds of ocean pollution
 * sources of pollution
 * how pollution affects ocean organisms and food chains
 * how pollution affects human beings
 * what people are doing to try to reduce ocean pollution
 * Deepwater Horizon oil spill

Definitions to include: pollution toxic wastes

Questions to research: What percent of ocean pollution is caused by humans?

How many pounds of waste enter the ocean every year?

How many polluted tons spill out into the air out of the U.S factories every year?

What is the number of marine animals that die every year from plastic pollution?

How big is trash island?

Useful websites: http://www.controllingpollution.com/ocean/

http://www.greenstudentu.com/encyclopedia/pollution

Eric and Paige Daniel and Logan Collin and Holly Christina and Sidney

Makenna and Laura - http://library.thinkquest.org/CR0215471/ocean_pollution.htm - http://www.buzzle.com/articles/ocean-pollution-facts.html - http://www.waterencyclopedia.com/Po-Re/Pollution-of-the-Ocean-by-Sewage-Nutrients-and-Chemicals.html - http://motherjones.com/files/legacy/news/featurex/2006/03/marine_pollution_580x280.gif - http://www.fraqmd.org/Pollutants.htm - http://www.soest.hawaii.edu/GG/ASK/waterpol3.html - http://www.tropical-rainforest-animals.com/pollution-effects.html