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Ocean Resources

Ocean Resources. Living Resources: - used in products such as detergents and paints. - food sources 1. Harvesting Fish: - nearly all fishing is done in coastal upwelling waters. 2. Aqua Culture: 3. other ocean products:. Living Resources (cont.).

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Ocean Resources

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  1. Ocean Resources Living Resources: - used in products such as detergents and paints. - food sources 1. Harvesting Fish: - nearly all fishing is done in coastal upwelling waters. 2. Aqua Culture: 3. other ocean products:

  2. Living Resources (cont.) 2. Aquaculture: the farming of saltwater and freshwater organisms. 3. Other Ocean products: • Algae is used in household products • Detergents • Shampoos • Cosmetics • Paints • Ice Cream

  3. Non-Living Resources: • Non-living Resources: • Water: • Desalination – the making of freshwater by taking salt out of ocean water. • Fuels: • Oil and natural gases • Drilling the ocean floor • Minerals: • Sea salt • Metals • Manganese • Diamonds and Gold

  4. Non-living resources cont. • Minerals (cont.) • Nodules: a lump on the ocean floor that forms when metal builds up around shells.

  5. OCEAN POLLUTION: • The Ocean is self cleaning • Large dumping damages that ability to clean itself • Most pollution comes from the land (runoff) • Natural occurrences: • Weather • runoff • Human activities: • Sewage • Chemical • Trash dumping • Oil spills

  6. Ocean Pollution cont. 3. Protecting Earth’s Ocean: • who’s job is it? • Sustainability: capable of continuing (meeting the needs of the present) over a long period of time without causing permanent damage in the future.

  7. Activity Ocean Word Search Handout

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