The Great Pacific Garbage Patch

The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is also called

• a nice place to go on vacation

• a floating garbage dump

• the Pacific trash vortex

• the Pacific trash volcano

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Why is the Pacific trash vortex almost impossible to measure?

• Pieces of debris sink or move around

• We can't find the garbage patch

• The garbage patch is disappearing

• There is no garbage patch, its made up.

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What details is the image showing you? (pick two)

• That there is more than one garbage patch.

• that garbage patches are bad.

• that garbage patches are clean.

• Where the garbage patches are in the ocean.

True or false, plastic is does not biodegrade or disappear.

• True

• False

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How does the Great Pacific Garbage Patch impact marine life, particularly in terms of ingestion and entanglement?

• It provides a habitat for marine life.

• It causes marine life to ingest plastic and get entangled, leading to injury or death.

• It has no significant impact on marine life.

• It helps in the growth of marine algae.

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DOK Level 4: Extended Thinking

Analyze the primary causes of the formation of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. What human activities contribute most to its creation?

• Natural ocean currents and volcanic eruptions.

• Industrial waste and oil spills.

• Improper waste disposal and plastic pollution from land-based sources.

• Fishing activities and marine transportation.

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DOK Level 4: Extended Thinking

Investigate global awareness initiatives aimed at addressing the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. How do these initiatives help in mitigating the problem?

• They do not have any impact.

• They raise awareness and promote behavioral changes to reduce plastic use.

• They focus solely on cleaning up the patch.

• They encourage the use of more plastic products.

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DOK Level 4: Extended Thinking

Tiny pieces of plastic that don't break down or biodegrade are called

• microphones

• microscopes

• micro-bacteria

• microplastics

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How can we stop the garbage from growing?

• Take care of your trash and throw it out the right way.

• Remember that land and sea are both connected.

• Reduce the garbage you produce and recycle plastics.

• All of the above

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Why are microplastics so dangerous?

• The microplastics carry toxic chemical

• The microplastics are sharp and hurt sea life.

• The sea life mistake the small objects for food

• The microplastics are hot like pepper

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