Critical Thinking Chapter 15 Oceanography
1. How might human activities be regulated in the ocean commons?
2. How does human population growth in the coastal zone impact the quality of the marine environment?
3. What are some of the disadvantages of dams constructed across large rivers that empty into the ocean?
4. What can be done to restore a beach that was extensively eroded following construction of a dam across a river?
5. Explain why water quality specialists use a drainage basin (or watershed) approach when inventorying pollution sources for Chesapeake Bay.
6. Why is federal state partnership needed for restoration of the Chesapeake Bay estuary?
7. Why are physical and chemical properties important considerations in regulating the type of waste materials that are dumped into the ocean?
8. What is the purpose of the Precautionary Principle?
9. Why is Antarctica and the surrounding Southern Ocean given special status for exploitation of marine resources?
10. What fundamental assumption underlies the concept of an ocean commons?