Plastic Pollution and Its Impact Exit Ticket 12-8-23

What is the process of gathering toxic substances in the tissues of organisms called?

• Biodegradation

• Bioaccumulation

• Photosynthesis

• Respiration

How does plastic pollution affect the Salt Lake organisms?

• Plastic pollution can harm lake organisms web through ingestion, entanglement, and habitat destruction.

• Plastic pollution only affects land animals

• The lake organisms benefits from plastic pollution

• Plastic pollution has no impact on the lake organisms

What are the larger plastic items broken down into in the environment?

• microplastics

• miniplastics

• nanoplastics

• macroplastics

What was the independent variable in the experiment this week?

• The amount of microplastics

• The survival rate of brine shrimp

• The behavior of brine shrimp

• The size of the microplastics

Which of the following is a potential consequence of a decrease in the brine shrimp population on the Salt Lake food web?

• A decrease in brine shrimp population will have no effect on the lake food web.

• The lake food web will benefit from a decrease in brine shrimp population.

• A decrease in brine shrimp population will harm the lake food web.

• The lake food web will remain unaffected by changes in brine shrimp population.

Which of the following best describes the role of brine shrimp in the Salt Lake food web?

• Brine shrimp are producers.

• Brine shrimp are primary consumers.

• Brine shrimp are secondary consumers.

• Brine shrimp are tertiary consumers.