Ocean Cleanup and the Great Pacific Garbage Patch Quiz

What is the size of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch compared to Germany?

• 2 times larger

• 3 times larger

• 4.5 times larger

• 5 times larger

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What is the main focus of Ocean Cleanup?

• To clean beaches

• To remove ocean plastic

• To recycle plastic

• To educate about pollution

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What did Slat's team use to take scans of the ocean's surface?

• Satellites

• Drones

• Airplanes

• Submarines

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What did Slat and his team realize about the holes in a regular trawl?

• They were too small to capture large plastic items.

• They allowed a lot of smaller plastic items to escape.

• They were perfect for capturing microplastics.

• They were too expensive to use.

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How did the engineers improve the system after the first failure?

• By making it larger and more complex.

• By testing different designs and materials.

• By reducing the size of the boats.

• By anchoring it to the ocean floor.

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What does the word "accumulate" mean?

• To scatter or spread out

• To pile up, collect, or gather

• To break apart

• To lose or misplace

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Which of the following words is a noun?

• Accumulate

• Efficient

• Breakthrough

• Identify

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What is the Great Pacific Garbage Patch?

• a large area in the ocean where currents concentrate plastic

• a business that collects all of the trash in the western U.S.

• a swamp-like area in the ocean where there is rich plant life

• a piece of cloth used to mend a large tear in fabric

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