Ocean Trash

Plastic can easily be decomposed back into nature like an apple core or a piece of paper. True or False?

• TRUE

• FALSE

This is the benefit of using plastic, EXCEPT ...

• To make a bike helmet.

• To make many medical supplies that save life.

• To add water pollution.

• Plastic straw can help people with disabilities drink.

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What impact do plastic waste may have on marine life?

• Animals have a good instinct to avoid plastic waste.

• Animals will not eat the plastic waste.

• Animals can digest plastic.

• Animals can get sick after mistaking them for food.

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Using a reusable water bottle than the single used plastic bottle will help to reduce plastic waste.

• True

• False

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Packing our snacks in a reusable containers instead of plastic bag is another way to reduce plastic waste. True or False?

• True

• False

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Snacking on fruit is a way to reduce plastic waste, because ...

• It is healthy.

• It is cheap.

• Usually there's no extra packaging that goes with the fruit.

• It is yummy.

Which one to choose to help reducing plastic waste when you buy an ice cream?

• Plastic cup because it's free anyway.

• Plastic cup and plastic spoon so it's easier for me to eat it.

• Ice cream cone so there will be no plastic waste.

• I don't know.

Try not to use face wash or toothpaste with microbeads, because...

• Microbeads can go to the drain and eventually end up in the ocean.

• It's poisonous.

• It's expensive.

• It's not healthy.

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Sometimes we can't avoid using plastics. What do we do after we use it to reduce the waste? Pick 2 possible answers.

• Reuse it.

• Recycle it.

• Throw it away.

• Burn it. 

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How does plastic trash get into the ocean? Choose 2 possible answers.

• Plastic left on the ground as litter often blows into rivers, eventually ends up in the ocean.

• Rain and floods carry plastic from the land into the oceans.

• Animals carry plastic to the ocean.

• I don't know.

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