• How does pollution affect humans and animals? (List specific ways such as causing plants and animals to become threatened or endangered or even decreasing biodiversity by causing plants or animals to become extinct from specific areas).
Do you know of any extinct animals? Or any animals impacted by plastic pollution? • Spend a few minutes to do some internet research about sea turtles, seals, great white sharks, and sea birds (albatross)
Air pollution • Burning of fossil fuels and massive amounts of carbon dioxide is released into the air (also causes climate change, such as polar bears with melting ice caps) • Involves global warming and acid rain, which affects fish and harms animals (changes food ecosystem for other mammals)
Endangered • A species at risk of extinction (komodo dragon • Habitat destruction; sea turtles • Plastic pollution; albatross (water/air)