Ocean Pollution Edition Bow Seat Ocean Awareness Programs

Art & Pop Culture Chemistry Human Activities Animals The Ocean and You

10 Points Name the nearest ocean The Ocean and You

20 Points From where you are sitting right now, the direction of the nearest ocean. (point to it, you only get 1 chance) The Ocean and You

30 Points This is how much oxygen in the atmosphere is produced by phytoplankton in the oceans. The Ocean and You This map shows plankton blooms (light blue) in the Atlantic Ocean)

40 Points 12 humans have walked on this place, where only 3 humans been to Challenger Deep, the deepest part of the ocean. The Ocean and You These are photos from the only two successful manned missions to the deepest point in the ocean – Deepsea Challenger (left) and Trieste (right)

50 Points This is something in this room that came from the ocean. The Ocean and You

10 Points A squishy invertebrate that looks like a plastic bag, which tricks sea turtles into eating marine debris by mistake. Animals

20 Points These animals are most at risk during an oil spill because they float on the water’s surface, just like the oil. Animals

30 Points The way dolphins and whales communicate and find food, which becomes difficult if there is too much noise created by ships or other human activities. Animals

40 Points The name of this fish, which is originally from the Indian/Pacific Ocean but has made it to the Atlantic Ocean and is becoming invasive. Animals

50 Points Name three shell-forming animals in the ocean. (These animals are at risk because the ocean’s increasing acidity makes it harder to form shells) Animals (here’s a giveaway)

10 Points Three items thrown away by humans which can “entangle” marine animals. Human Activities

20 Points This human compound is helpful for farming, but using too much can cause nutrients to flow downstream, trigger a plankton bloom, and create an oxygen-less “dead zone.” Human Activities

30 Points The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is made up mostly of this size of plastic debris. Human Activities Macroplastics Microplastics or

40 Points Three ways that trash ends up in the ocean. Human Activities

50 Points The number of major ocean “gyres”. (Gyres are large systems of swirling ocean currents which collect marine pollution in their centers. Below is a picture of one of them…) Human Activities

10 Points Number of years it takes for most plastics to completely break down. (hint, it’s a trick question) Chemistry

20 Points The chemical in the atmosphere that is primarily responsible for the climate change, which also is responsible for ocean acidification.

30 Points Name of the Japanese nuclear power plant that had a meltdown in 2013 and released radioactive particles into the Pacific Ocean. Chemistry

40 Points Name one way to clean up a large oil spill

Chemistry 50 Points Name for when seawater has very low oxygen content, and therefore cannot support life.

10 Points A marine predator famous for its multiple rows of teeth, which was also featured in Katy Perry’s Superbowl XLIX Halftime Show performance. Art & Pop Culture

20 Points Name the animal in this sculpture. Street artists secretly added a six-pack ring to this sculpture to raise awareness about plastic pollution. Art & Pop Culture

30 Points This rubbery trash item that often washes up on beaches, which artists in Kenya make into sculptures like this. (hint, you wear these) Art & Pop Culture

40 Points The director of Avatar, Terminator, and Titanic, and also creator of Deepsea Challenger which reached the deepest point in the ocean in Art & Pop Culture

50 Points The age of artist Dafne Murillo, who painted this for the Ocean Awareness Student Contest in Art & Pop Culture

10 Points It was legal to dump any kind of waste into the ocean until what decade? The 1940’s The 1970’s The 2000’s