Plastic Pollution

Food waste gets slowly broken down by nature if you throw it on the ground. It is...

• biodegradable

• overuse

• estimate

• disaster

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

Which of these things are not biodegradable?

• Paper

• Plastic bottles

• Hair

• Fruit

• Aluminium drink cans

How long does a plastic bag take to biodegrade?

• 10 years

• 50 years

• 150 years

• 500 years or more

Our _____________ of plastic material is causing environmental disaster.

• ban

• ignore

• disaster

• overuse

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

Scientists _______________________ that over one million sea birds die from eating plastic each year.

• are 100% sure

• estimate

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

Plastic in the ocean is a _____________________ for the environment.

• biodegradable

• overuse

• disaster

• ban

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.3

CCSS.RI.4.3

CCSS.RI.5.3

CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RI.7.3

Some countries have _________________ plastic bags.

• ban

• banned

• band

• ignored

Tags

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

What is this called?

• The Great Atlantic Rubbish Patch

• The Great Pacific Garbage Patch

• The Great Pacific Rubbish Patch

• The Great Atlantic Garbage Patch

The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is the same size as...

• Hong Kong

• Taiwan

• Canada and the USA combined

• France, Germany and Spain combined

If we _______________ the problem, there will be more plastic in the sea than fish.

• ban

• estimate

• garbage patch

• ignore

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.3

CCSS.RI.4.3

CCSS.RI.5.3

CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RI.7.3