The Great Pacific Garbage Patch

True or False: The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is the only patch of trash in ocean.

• True

• False

Ninety-four percent of The Great Pacific Garbage patch is made up of...

• plastic bottles

• plastic bags

• micro-plastics

• old, discarded toys

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What is the ultimate solution for The Great Pacific Garbage Patch?

• Using buckets to clean it.

• Prevention - Recycle, Reduce, Reuse

• Going into the ocean to clean it.

• Making people pay fines for littering

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True or False: The garbage patch is growing at an extremely slow rate.

• True

• False

Garbage patches are created in the ocean because of...

• animals push the pieces together

• waves going back and forth

• big whirlpools called gyres

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The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is currently twice the size of what state?

• Alaska

• Michigan

• Texas

• New Mexico

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_________ account for 46% of the MASS of The Great Pacific Garbage Patch.

• plastic bottles

• plastic bags

• toys

• fishing nets

One of reasons research think the patch has grown quickly in recent years is...

• an earthquake

• an tsunami

• a tornado

• a hurrican

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The Ocean Cleanup Foundation mentioned in the article were based in which country?

• United States

• Canada

• Netherlands

• Norway

The GPGP is just one of many large garbage patches in the ocean. Humans manufacturing and quickly discarding plastic products has caused the garbage patches to grow. Plastics are meant to last, and that's great for carrying your groceries in thin bags or holding a six-pack. It's not so great when those plastics end up in the guts of sea turtles or strangle birds. Recent studies show that biofouled plastic can attract fish and seabirds and end up in the food chain. The full effects of this aren't yet known. Scientists worry that this can lead to malnutrition and other problems, though. Large or small, plastics of all sizes can harm ocean life.

What is the main idea of this paragraph?

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