Loggerhead Marinelife Center's Coastal Classroom

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Key Vocabulary Terms

Review these key terms from Loggerhead Marinelife Center's Virtual Coastal Classroom Lesson to help you find the answers and unlock our favorite photos.

Pollution: Anything added to the environment that is harmful to living things

Marine Debris: Any persistent solid material that is manufactured or processed and directly or indirectly, intentionally or unintentionally, disposed of or abandoned into the marine environment or Great Lakes

Conservation: Using resources in a wise, responsible manner; protection of natural resources
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Yes or No: Plastic was the top debris item found during Loggerhead Marinelife Center's 2019 beach and underwater cleanups?
YESNO
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Yes! In 2019, Loggerhead Marinelife Center removed 4,578.9 pounds of trash from Florida beaches, 94.2% of which was made of plastic. (Image credit: Loggerhead Marinelife Center)
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How can a plastic bag harm an aquatic animal, such as a sea turtle?
It can become entangled around the turtle
The turtle can mistake the bag for food
The bag could break down in to smaller pieces and be eaten by smaller animals
Toxins from the plastic bag could leech into the aquatic environment
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All of the above! Plastic bags are harmful to aquatic organisms in many ways. The photo below is of our current patient, Geo Jr., who came in to our hospital with a pieces of plastic bag in its stomach. (Image credit: Loggerhead Marinelife Center)
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Why does Loggerhead Marinelife Center sort all of the trash collected during beach and waterway cleanups?
To throw it away
To determine what debris items are having the biggest impact on our beaches
To put the debris back on the beach afterwards
There is no reason
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Loggerhead Marinelife Center sorts all trash collected during beach and waterway cleanups in order to determine what debris items are having the biggest impact on our beaches.With this information, our Conservation Department can aim their initiatives towards reducing these specific debris items. (Image credit: Loggerhead Marinelife Center)
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What does Loggerhead Marinelife Center do with the trash after it is sorted?
The recyclable material is properly recycled
Some is re-purposed into art and craft projects
The rest is properly disposed of with the local solid waste authority
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All of the above! After sorting the trash and recording the data, our Conservation Department properly recycles any recyclable material, some debris items are collected and re-purposed for arts and crafts projects, and the rest is properly disposed of with the local solid waste authority. (Image credit: Loggerhead Marinelife Center)
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How many pieces of debris were collected by Loggerhead Marinelife Center during their 2019 beach and underwater cleanups?
105,000
209,314
90,000
205
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In 2019, Loggerhead Marinelife Center removed 209,314 pieces of debris from Florida beaches during the beach and underwater cleanups.(Image credit: Loggerhead Marinelife Center)
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How does Loggerhead Marinelife Center's Conservation Department conduct their "underwater clean-ups"?
With a vacuum
With a pipe
By hand while SCUBA diving
By hand while snorkeling
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Loggerhead Marinelife Center's Conservation Department and community partners conduct the underwater clean-ups by SCUBA diving to pick up debris items by hand in local waterways. (Image credit: Loggerhead Marinelife Center)
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