Social Studies – Week 1
This week in socials studies we learnt about the tree octopus and where its found and why is it endangered. Then we learnt about The Great Pacific Garbage Patch and what we can do to help, reduce rubbish flying away into the ocean and harming the animals
Tree Octopus
Where is it found?
In a temperate rainforest on the west coast of north america
Why is it endangered?
For a variety of causes, this octopus is in danger. Due to residential expansion and forestry, their habitat is shrinking. Numerous new roadways are restricting access to the water needed for spawning.
Include 3 facts on the octopus.
- Largest brain to body ratio
- Changes color dependant on their mood
- Mothers are very selfless when it comes to waiting for their eggs to hatch, mothers will go weeks without finding food and eating to protect their eggs
What do we already know about our oceans ?
What are the oceans of the world ?
- Atlantic
- Arctic
- Indian
- Pacific
- Southern
Photo Interpretation
What is the photo of ? Where might it be taken ?
- Rubbish and plastic that has been washed up onto the shore from the ocean.
It looks like the photos been taken on a beach
- All the little bits of rubbish that collects in the ocean, spread everywhere
The photo looks like it has been taken while people have been out fishing etc . . .
- Rubbish and plastic all tangled up in the jellyfish
The photo has been taken in the ocean or from a documentary
- Floating rubbish and plastic people have selfishly threw in the ocean
This photo looks like it has been taken not far from the shore line or in a small reef
Garbage In The Ocean
- What is the Great Pacific Garbage Patch and Where is it?
The North Pacific Ocean contains an accumulation of marine garbage known as the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. Debris that ends up in oceans, seas, and other vast bodies of water is referred to as marine debris. The Pacific trash vortex, commonly referred to as the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, is a large body of water. It is located between Hawaii and California or the West Coast of North America to Japan.
- How is it impacting the environment in a negative way?
Marine life is being killed by the Great Pacific Garbage Patch and plastic pollution in general. Every year, a million seabirds, 100,000 marine animals, and several other species are impacted. A novel sea surface community of coastal and oceanic species is currently supported by floating plastic trash from pollution, which could signal major ecological changes in the marine environment. According to the WWF, the breakdown of plastic into methane and ethylene accelerates climate change as the earth becomes hotter. Iberdrola, a global electric utility, claims that ocean plastic degrades air quality, pollutes the environment, and causes global warming.
- What is being done to help with this problem?
The Ocean Cleanup team gathered an extraordinary quantity of data through multiple research missions that traversed and above the GPGP to better comprehend the plastic that is still present in this area.
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