Microplastics

Which one of the following is categorized as micro-plastics?

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What are micro-plastics?

• small plastic pieces less than five millimetres long which can be harmful to our ocean and aquatic life.

• small plastic pieces less than five centimetres long which can be harmful to our ocean and aquatic life.

• small plastic pieces less than five metres long which can be harmful to our ocean and aquatic life.

• small plastic pieces less than five kilometres long which can be harmful to our ocean and aquatic life.

Which of the following is not the property of plastic?

• flexible

• strong

• waterproof

• biodegradable

Plastic can rust and rot.

• True

• False

We make tons of plastic because things made of plastic are .........

• cheap

• durable

• expendable

• easily-burnt

What risks do whales, albatross and sea turtles have to face as they swim in the sea that is full of plastic?

• Getting tangled in the debris

• Ingesting large pieces of plastic

• Getting new toys to play with

• Dying from starvation

Our castaway plastic bags and plastic bottles get weakened by sunlight and then ............

• torn apart in the wind and the waves into small plastic bits.

• torn apart by sea animals into small plastic bits

• carried away to sea shores.

• eaten by small fish.

On the micro-scale, micro organisms can digest small plastic bits.

• True

• False

Which one of the following are durable plastic?

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What happens to plastic that has broken into smaller pieces?

• spread out in the ocean

• stay at the same spot in the ocean

• disappear after 1 year

• decomposed by microorganisms