Tracking Trash Ch. #3 -5

What year did the tub toys spill?

• 2003

• 1982

• 1993

• 1992

What are plankton?

• Tiny organisms that float with the ocean current.

• Trees that grow in the ocean.

• A way to track fish.

How do holo plankton spend their lives?

• They drift with the currents.

• They party on the beach.

• They live at the bottom of the sea floor.

How many rubber toys spilled into the ocean from the bath toy shipment?

• 28,000

• 30,000

• 1 million

Purple striped jelly fish and walleye pollock spend at least part of their lives as _______.

• plankton

• seaweed

• toys

What are marine creatures?

• plankton

• boats

• boeys

Why did the scientists drill holes in rubber ducks?

• To mimic the way they were floating at sea.

• To see what was inside.

• To check for candy.

Are ghost nets really destructive?

• yes

• no

In 1991 Curt Ebbesmeyer found ...

• A four thousand pound monster

• A typewritter

• A stuffed animal

• A bunch of sand

When was the Ghost Net volunteer program started?

• 2005

• 2020

• 1990

• 1980