Microplastics

What question is still unknown about microplastics?

• How do microplastics go into the ocean?

• How are microplastics made?

• Can microplastics bioaccumulate in the food chain?

• Can microplastics combine to form a new product?

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The small sizes of microplastic make removal

• extremely challenging

• kind of easy

• real sad

• easy, they are small

What ingredient indicates that there are microplastics in a product?

• chloride

• neon

• peg-80

• polyethene

Where can we find micro-plastics?

• Arctic and Antarctic

• seafloor and sea surface

• only in the deepest sea

• everywhere in the ocean

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The effect of micro-plastics is difficult to trace because ............

• micro-plastics are not as visible as big plastic trash.

• micro-plastics are everywhere in the ocean.

• micro-plastics collect toxic chemical.

• no sea marines will eat micro-plastics.

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Which of the followings are ways to reduce the further impact of micro-plastics in the future?

• switching to bio-degradable plastics.

• dumping less plastic in the ocean.

• cleaning up the patches of sea most strewn with plastic.

• dumping plastic on land instead of the ocean

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Which of the following products contain micro-plastics?

• Toothpaste

• Cosmetic

• Air conditioner

• Plastic spoon

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Microplastic do not collect toxins.

• True

• False

• maybe

• definitely no

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You can do all of the following to reduce the amount of microplastics EXCEPT.

• reduce, reuse, recycle

• check labels on products

• don't use solar panels

• participate in beach cleanup

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What is the highest abundance of plastics found in Great Lakes samples?

• 466,000 particles

• 422 particles

• 2 particles

• 1000 particles

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