Intervention 2/13

What does GPGP stand for?

• Great Pumpkin Goosebump Patch

• Great Pacific Garbage Patch

• Grand Pathway Garbage Post

What does it mean that plastic is less dense than water?

• Plastic sinks to the bottom

• Plastic floats on water

• Plastic and water are the same weight

How big is the GPGP?

• 1.6 million square km

• 2x's the size of Texas

• all the above

• non of the above

What is the weight of plastic in the ocean?

• 80,000 tonnes

• 80 tonnes

• 8 tonnes

• all the above

Which of the 4 sizes of plastic has the most weight?

• Microplastics

• Macroplastics

• Megaplastics

Why does large debris matter?

• it breaks down into smaller debris

• It takes up a lot of space

• fish live there

Why do microplastics deteriorate?

• sun exposure

• waves

• temperature changes

• all of the above

Why is plastic toxic for marine animals?

• animals confuse plastic for food

• they could get trapped in the plastic

• all the above

How does this affect the human food chain?

• Chemicals in the plastic eaten by animals gets ingested by humans

• It doesn't affect us, we don't eat turtles

• Bioaccummulation

It does not take long for plastic to decay.

• True

• False