Marine Mess!
Name of Land Mass- Land Island
Name of Ocean- Water Ocean
Record the following information before human modification
1. Ocean water temperature: 73.9 F
2. Ocean water pH: 7.5 on the pH scale
3. Percentage of ocean area impaired by pollution: 0%
4. Number of fish: 11 fish
5. Height of the sea level: 2.7 cm
Predict how your model will change after adding human modifications to the ocean systems caused by pollution and climate change
Ocean temperature will increase making the number of fish go down, but the sea level will increase. The pH number will decrease making the ocean more acidic, and the percent of ocean pollution will increase.
In the space below, map and label your marine model.
Name of Ocean- Water Ocean
Record the following information before human modification
1. Ocean water temperature: 73.9 F
2. Ocean water pH: 7.5 on the pH scale
3. Percentage of ocean area impaired by pollution: 0%
4. Number of fish: 11 fish
5. Height of the sea level: 2.7 cm
Predict how your model will change after adding human modifications to the ocean systems caused by pollution and climate change
Ocean temperature will increase making the number of fish go down, but the sea level will increase. The pH number will decrease making the ocean more acidic, and the percent of ocean pollution will increase.
In the space below, map and label your marine model.
Record the following information after human modification:
1. Ocean water temperature: 81 F
2. Ocean water pH: 3.08
3. Percentage of ocean area impaired by pollution: 80%
4. Number of fish: 3 fish
5. Height of sea level: 3 cm
6. Was your hypothesis correct? Explain your answer.
Yes, pH decreased, pollution increased, number of fish decreased, temperature increased, and height of the sea level increased.
7. Which human activities modified the entire ocean system?
Factories, sewage, oil spills, fertilizer.
8. Which human activities modified the coastal areas first?
Oil, fertilizers and factories.
9. What happened when you made "currents" in your model?
All the contaminated areas of water contaminated the rest of the ocean.
10. How would marine life be affected by human modification of ocean systems? How would humans be affected by human modification of ocean systems?
Marine- population would decrease
Humans- not enough food resources, global warming, no clean air.
11. Map and label your model after human modifications. Label areas of pollution and impacts.
1. Ocean water temperature: 81 F
2. Ocean water pH: 3.08
3. Percentage of ocean area impaired by pollution: 80%
4. Number of fish: 3 fish
5. Height of sea level: 3 cm
6. Was your hypothesis correct? Explain your answer.
Yes, pH decreased, pollution increased, number of fish decreased, temperature increased, and height of the sea level increased.
7. Which human activities modified the entire ocean system?
Factories, sewage, oil spills, fertilizer.
8. Which human activities modified the coastal areas first?
Oil, fertilizers and factories.
9. What happened when you made "currents" in your model?
All the contaminated areas of water contaminated the rest of the ocean.
10. How would marine life be affected by human modification of ocean systems? How would humans be affected by human modification of ocean systems?
Marine- population would decrease
Humans- not enough food resources, global warming, no clean air.
11. Map and label your model after human modifications. Label areas of pollution and impacts.
Reflections and Conclusions
1. On what ocean systems do you depend? In what ways do you depend on these systems?
Gulf of Mexico, Atlantic and Pacific oceans, for food sources, climate changes, and hydration.
2. What is one thing you can do to lessen the impacts on ocean systems?
Stop littering.
3. What are some ways the Marine Model could be changed to demonstrate different human impacts on ocean systems?
If you put "people" in the model, and make them be fishers, overfishing could also be counted as a human impact.
4. Describe some of the human activities that affect ocean systems that you had not thought about before the activity.
I didn't know that the ocean's acidity level could be affected by oil spills, fertilizer and sewage.
1. On what ocean systems do you depend? In what ways do you depend on these systems?
Gulf of Mexico, Atlantic and Pacific oceans, for food sources, climate changes, and hydration.
2. What is one thing you can do to lessen the impacts on ocean systems?
Stop littering.
3. What are some ways the Marine Model could be changed to demonstrate different human impacts on ocean systems?
If you put "people" in the model, and make them be fishers, overfishing could also be counted as a human impact.
4. Describe some of the human activities that affect ocean systems that you had not thought about before the activity.
I didn't know that the ocean's acidity level could be affected by oil spills, fertilizer and sewage.