A Plastic Ocean

How many tons of plastic are produced each year?

• 100 million
• 200 million
• 300 million
• 1 billion

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Why is plastic used so much?

• it is rigid.
• is is flexible.
• it is expensive.
• it is cheap and versatile.

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What percent of plastic is used once and then thrown away?

• 10
• 25
• 40
• 50

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How many plastic bags are used worldwide each year?

• 100 million
• 750 billion
• 25 billion
• 500 billion

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What is the average life span of a plastic bag?

• 15 minutes
• 1 day
• 5 years
• 1000 years

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How many plastic bottles does the average person use each year?

• 100
• 315
• 1000
• 5000

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The process of producing bottled water requires _____ x's as much water per bottle as there is in the bottle.

• 2
• 5
• 10
• 6

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Over the last ____ years, we have produced more plastic than during the whole of the last century.

• 10
• 25
• 30
• 50

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How many countries account for 60% percent of plastic pollution in the ocean?

• 3
• 5
• 10
• 1

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How many tons of plastic are dumped into our oceans each year?

• 2
• 5
• 8
• 25

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