The Great Pacific Garbage Patch

The Great Pacific Garbage Patch

7th Grade

10 Qs

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The Great Pacific Garbage Patch

The Great Pacific Garbage Patch

Assessment

Quiz

Social Studies

7th Grade

Medium

Created by

Jennifer DiRocco

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10 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

______ This term can be used to describe a large

circula:ng ocean current:

El Niño

Estuary

Gyre

Inversion

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Where is much of the debris in the

garbage patch generated?

Harbors

Marinas

Rivers

All of the above

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How many tons of plas:c debris are

es:mated to enter the ocean each year from

rivers?

1,000 to 2,000 tons

10,000 to 20,000 tons

100,000 to 200,000 tons

1 to 2 million tons

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How long does it take currents to carry

debris from the west coast of North America to the

gyre?

About one year

About three years

About six years

About ten years

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Approximately what percentage of

objects found in the garbage patch are

microplas:cs less than 0.5 cm in size?

25%

50%

75%

Over 90%

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A common es:mate of the size of the

garbage patch is:

100,000 square miles (~260,000 square km)

300,000 square miles (~800,000 square km)

600,000 square miles (~1.6 million square km)

1,000,000 square mi.(~2.6 million square

km)

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Current research indicates that the

garbage patch is:

Shrinking rapidly

Shrinking slowly

Growing slowly

Growing rapidly

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