Trash Island

What effect did the 2011 tsunami have on the Great Pacific Garbage Patch?

• The tsunami caused the formation of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.

• The tsunami moved sunken plastics into the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.

• The tsunami broke the plastic in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch into smaller pieces.

• The tsunami washed tons of trash into the ocean and toward the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.

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What is the MAIN reason why scientists are so interested in studying the Great Pacific Garbage Patch?

• They want to learn more about how plastic affects the environment.

• They want to protect the Great Pacific Garbage Patch from damage.

• They want to learn about how pieces of plastic become biofouled.

• They want to prevent fishing boats from entering the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.

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"Biofouled Plastic Harms Food Chain."

Select the sentence that MOST suggests plastics can be dangerous.

• Plastics are meant to last.

• It's not so great when those plastics end up in the guts of sea turtles.

• That means a layer of slime, shellfish and other ocean life has attached itself to the trash.

• Most of the samples come from smaller pieces of plastic.

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"Nets Left By Fishing Boats A Big Problem."

Which sentence explains why so many nets wind up in the ocean?

• Fishing nets accounted for just under half of the garbage patch's mass.

• They're fairly cheap and easy to replace, but they can float through the ocean, trapping animals in their path.

• They often get lost or abandoned by fishing boats.

• Of course, they might not have been in the water that whole time.

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How much does the Great Pacific Garbage patch weigh and how big is it?

• 43,000 cars and twice the size of Texas.

• 2,000 cars and double the size of North Carolina

• 43,000 cars and the Size of North and South Carolina

• 430,000 cars and the Size of the United States

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How many garbage concentration are there in the world?

• sixty-six

• sixteen

• Six

• sixty

What are gyres?

• Systems of circular patterns that make it hot and cold in some oceans.

• Curves from the Gulf of Mexico and travels around Florida up to NC.

• Systems of a ocean currents that are like a big racetrack in the ocean.

• Systems of circular ocean currents formed by the Earth's wind pattern and forces from the rotation of the Earth.

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Why are micro-plastics so harmful?

• They can be drank if you are in the water.

• Once it enters the food chain-there is a good possibility that humans could also consume them.

• They are absorbed into the Water cycle.

• They deteriorate over time.

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The Ocean clean up pilot is expected to clean up how much of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch?

• 50% over the next 5 years

• 100% in 20 years

• 5% in the next 5 months

• 50% in the next 5 months

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The United Nations estimates if nothing is done with there will be more weight in plastic then fish in the ocean by when?

• 2035

• 2040

• 2025

• 2050

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