We are a Year 4 Class at Woodford Primary School. We hope you will enjoy reading our blog as we journey through this next year. You can find information about this term and some activities on the additional pages. We hope they are useful.

Thursday 29 March 2012

How does pollution effect Leatherback Turtles?

Do you know what happens to your plastic bags when you have finished with them? Plastic bags are made from oil ,which is a natural resource, and they take hundreds of years to decompose (break down and disintergrate). Sea pollution is caused by people ditching rubish on beaches and then getting pulled into the sea by ocean currents. To stop causing pollution you could recycle, reuse or reduce plastic instead of throwing it onto beaches!
Pollution causes camage to sea creatures especially Leatherback turtles because their main source of food is Jellyfish. Unfortunately your plastic bags look like Jellyfish in water therefore turtles eat the plastic thinking it is their food. Consequently this causes turtles stomachs to become blocked and they starve to death. This is why, as a result by 2030 Leather back turtles will be extinct!

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