2.?? Garbage Patches 25-26

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15 questions

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2.?? Garbage Patches 25-26

Last updated about 3 hours ago

15 questions

Required

Part 1: Engage

What Do We Throw Away?

Did you know human beings are the only living organisms on the planet that create unnatural waste?

Closely analyze the two images and then answer the following questions.

What types of items do humans throw away?
What types of materials are these items made of?

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Now compare this image to the image of the landfill from the previous slide.

What differences do you observe between the two images?
What ideas do you have about how this garbage and debris ended up here?

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The image below lists the top 10 types of waste found in the oceans around the world. Analyze the image and then answer the following questions.

Of the top 10 waste items found in the ocean, how many are plastic?
What ideas do you have about why these items are the most common types of debris found in the ocean?

Question 4

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Which areas or regions of the ocean are garbage patches likely to form based on wind patterns?

Select from the areas highlighted on the map.

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Observe the map of surface currents. Warm currents are red and cold currents are blue.
What similarities do you notice between this map and the previous map of wind patterns?

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Which areas or regions of the ocean are garbage patches likely to form based on ocean currents?

Select from the areas highlighted on the map.

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Part 3: Explain

Trash, packaging, and waste improperly disposed on land are washing into rivers, streams, lakes and creeks, and from there to the ocean. This is estimated to account for 80% of the marine debris in the oceans.

Rivers typically begin at mountaintops where melting snow and ice create streams, which often merge to form larger rivers. As water flows from high elevations to low elevations, it carves deep, V-shaped valleys in the mountains, transitions to wider valleys with meandering streams, and eventually reaches floodplains where it may split into channels and form deltas before draining into the ocean. A watershed, or drainage basin, is the land area that collects rainfall and snowmelt, directing it into rivers, streams, and ultimately to larger bodies of water like bays and oceans.

Consider this graphic:

What are 3 events or processes that contribute to trash entering the watershed?

Question 11

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Question 12

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Question 13

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Question 14

01:41

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2.?? Garbage Patches 25-26

2.?? Garbage Patches 25-26

Now compare this image to the image of the landfill from the previous slide.

What differences do you observe between the two images?
What ideas do you have about how this garbage and debris ended up here?

In 1992, a cargo ship carrying bath toys got caught in a storm. Shipping containers washed overboard, and the waves swept 28,000 rubber ducks into the North Pacific Ocean.

What ideas do you have about how the rubber ducks were transported around the world?

Which areas or regions of the ocean are garbage patches likely to form based on wind patterns?

Select from the areas highlighted on the map.

Observe the map of surface currents. Warm currents are red and cold currents are blue.
What similarities do you notice between this map and the previous map of wind patterns?

Which areas or regions of the ocean are garbage patches likely to form based on ocean currents?

Select from the areas highlighted on the map.

What is marine debris? Give at least 3 examples.

Now compare this image to the image of the landfill from the previous slide.

What differences do you observe between the two images?
What ideas do you have about how this garbage and debris ended up here?

In 1992, a cargo ship carrying bath toys got caught in a storm. Shipping containers washed overboard, and the waves swept 28,000 rubber ducks into the North Pacific Ocean.

What ideas do you have about how the rubber ducks were transported around the world?

Where do the winds blow counterclockwise (to the left)?

Which areas or regions of the ocean are garbage patches likely to form based on wind patterns?

Select from the areas highlighted on the map.

Observe the map of surface currents. Warm currents are red and cold currents are blue.
What similarities do you notice between this map and the previous map of wind patterns?

Which areas or regions of the ocean are garbage patches likely to form based on ocean currents?

Select from the areas highlighted on the map.

What is marine debris? Give at least 3 examples.

What are ocean garbage patches?

What are the tiny plastic pieces in the garbage patch called?

What is the ultimate solution to the garbage patch problem?

2.?? Garbage Patches 25-26

2.?? Garbage Patches 25-26

Part 1: EngageWhat Do We Throw Away?Did you know human beings are the only living organisms on the planet that create unnatural waste? Closely analyze the two images and then answer the following questions.What types of items do humans throw away?What types of materials are these items made of?

Now compare this image to the image of the landfill from the previous slide.What differences do you observe between the two images?What ideas do you have about how this garbage and debris ended up here?

Which areas or regions of the ocean are garbage patches likely to form based on wind patterns? Select from the areas highlighted on the map.

Observe the map of surface currents. Warm currents are red and cold currents are blue.What similarities do you notice between this map and the previous map of wind patterns?

Which areas or regions of the ocean are garbage patches likely to form based on ocean currents?Select from the areas highlighted on the map.

Part 1: EngageWhat Do We Throw Away?Did you know human beings are the only living organisms on the planet that create unnatural waste? Closely analyze the two images and then answer the following questions.What types of items do humans throw away?What types of materials are these items made of?

Now compare this image to the image of the landfill from the previous slide.What differences do you observe between the two images?What ideas do you have about how this garbage and debris ended up here?

Where do the winds blow counterclockwise (to the left)?

Which areas or regions of the ocean are garbage patches likely to form based on wind patterns? Select from the areas highlighted on the map.

Observe the map of surface currents. Warm currents are red and cold currents are blue.What similarities do you notice between this map and the previous map of wind patterns?

Which areas or regions of the ocean are garbage patches likely to form based on ocean currents?Select from the areas highlighted on the map.

What are ocean garbage patches?

What are the tiny plastic pieces in the garbage patch called?

What is the ultimate solution to the garbage patch problem?

Now compare this image to the image of the landfill from the previous slide.

What differences do you observe between the two images?
What ideas do you have about how this garbage and debris ended up here?

Which areas or regions of the ocean are garbage patches likely to form based on wind patterns?

Select from the areas highlighted on the map.

Observe the map of surface currents. Warm currents are red and cold currents are blue.
What similarities do you notice between this map and the previous map of wind patterns?

Which areas or regions of the ocean are garbage patches likely to form based on ocean currents?

Select from the areas highlighted on the map.

Now compare this image to the image of the landfill from the previous slide.

What differences do you observe between the two images?
What ideas do you have about how this garbage and debris ended up here?

Which areas or regions of the ocean are garbage patches likely to form based on wind patterns?

Select from the areas highlighted on the map.

Observe the map of surface currents. Warm currents are red and cold currents are blue.
What similarities do you notice between this map and the previous map of wind patterns?

Which areas or regions of the ocean are garbage patches likely to form based on ocean currents?

Select from the areas highlighted on the map.