Plastic

Which of the following is true about plastics?

• All plastics are recyclable

• Plastics decompose in a few weeks

• Plastics take hundreds to thousands of years to break down

• Plastics are always disposed of properly

Which of the following would be considered a natural resource?

• Nylon

• Teflon

• Plastic

• Trees

What is the main contributor to the Great Pacific Garbage Patch?

• Metal waste

• Plastic waste

• Glass waste

• Organic waste

Two reasons that plastic is harmful to ocean wildlife:

• It is colorful (They don't like color)

• Ghost Fishing (They get caught in it)

• Ingestion (They eat it)

• It is transparent (They run into it)

What is ghost fishing?

• Plastics that help marine life

• Plastic fishing gear that captures and kills marine life

• Plastics that clean the ocean and create ghost waves

• Plastics from the ancients that are used to attract more fish

Which of the following is an example of a synthetic resource?

• A. Water

• B. Oil

• C. Plastic

• D. Trees

Which of these is a positive of plastic?

• It can last a long time! Maybe 1000 years!

• Very little of it is recycled!

• We have single-use medical supplies!

• Microplastics are everywhere!

Something that is bio-degradable is:

• Something that sticks around for a long time.

• Something that can be recycled.

• Something that breaks down into smaller, harmless pieces

• Something that breaks into smaller and smaller pieces (like microplastics).

What is one criteria that synthetic materials must meet?

• The final material does not exist in nature

• The final material feels stretchy

• The final material has odd colors that don't exist in nature

• It breaks down over time.

Microplastics have been found where?

• Inside human brains

• Inside human lungs

• On top of Mount Everest

• On the ocean floor