Microplastics

What are the synthetic materials in plastics?

• polyethylene, polyvinyl chlorine, nylon

• Nitrogen

  Oxygen

  Hydrogen

• Sodium

  Iron

  Chloride

• Phosphorus

  Gold

  Magnesium

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What happens to plastic AFTER it biodegrades?

• it becomes thicker

• it doesn't biodegrade

• it becomes very oversized

• it breaks into tiny pieces

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What is the estimated number of plastic in the ocean?

• five million

• five thousand

• five trillion

• five hundred

Microplastic do not collect toxins.

• True

• False

• maybe

• definitely no

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NGSS.MS-PS1-3

Most plastics we generate ends up in ____.

• the great pacific garbage patch

• landfills only

• our local watershed

• landfills, and flowing through the sea

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You can do all of the following to reduce the amount of microplastics EXCEPT.

• reduce, reuse, recycle

• check labels on products

• don't use solar panels

• participate in beach cleanup

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-3

What is the highest abundance of plastics found in Great Lakes samples?

• 466,000 particles

• 422 particles

• 2 particles

• 1000 particles

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NGSS.MS-PS1-3

What do marine life confuse food in the ocean for?

• coral

• pebbles

• plastic

• something

What question is still unknown about microplastics?

• How do microplastics go into the ocean?

• How are microplastics made?

• Can microplastics bioaccumulate in the food chain?

• Can microplastics combine to form a new product?

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The small sizes of microplastic make removal

• extremely challenging

• kind of easy

• real sad

• easy, they are small

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