The Great Garbage Patch

Where is the world’s biggest collection of garbage?

• United States

• China

• Middle of the Atlantic Ocean

• Middle of the Pacific Ocean

there’s an area called the Northern Pacific Gyre. Here _______________ come together as well as garbage

• big whales

• all sort of fish

• ocean currents

• sharks

90 percent of this garbage in this area is _____________.

• paper

• organic

• plastic

• glass

Where did all this garbage come from? Did boats come and throw it here on purpose? No. Eighty percent of it comes from _________________

• boats

• companies

• boat cruisers

• land

Plastic bags are carried out to sea by the ________________.

• rivers

• wind

• people

• boats

how many patches are there?

• 4

• 1

• 2

• 3

The Great Pacific Garbage Patch was discovered by

• James

• Charly

• Joseph

• Charles

At first the sailor who discovered the Great Pacific Garbage Patch saw that there were __________________tons of plastic floating in the water

• 1 million

• 2 million

• 3 million

• 4 tmillion

Fish and seabirds often think little pieces of plastic are ____________.

• toys

• food

• other animals

• they don´t know

The only thing that will help the situation at all is better control of waste on land. We need to ____________________ the amount of plastic we produce and use.

• burn

• collect

• reduce

• not buy things made of plastic