WorksheetsPacific Ocean of Garbage
Total questions: 7
Worksheet time: 4mins
The Pacific Ocean of Garbage is which of the following?
collection of seas
collection of Japanese trash
collection of debris
collection of garbage vortex
What island is the garbage interfering with?
Greenland
Philliphines
Bahamas
Hawaii
Where does the water span?
West Coast of North America to India
Europe to Bahamas
West coast of North America to Hawaii
West Coast of North America to Japan
Greenland to Canada
What are the spinning debris linked together by?
Whirlpools
Storms
Sub-Eastern Tropical Control Zone
Sub Tropical Convergence Zone
Hurricane Katrina
What is the convergence zone?
Cold water spins in a dramatic way
Warm water from the South Pacific meets up with cooler water from the Artic
Cold water from the Southern parts of Northern-India rebel againts crazy and bald Doritos that rule all of India in a tragic way
A highway of trash
What is the NOAA?
Not Optical Awesome Accosiation
Northern Ocean and Altitude Administration
Northern Oceanic and Atmosphere Administration
NonToxic Ocean Ads and Atmosphere
Which statement is not not not not not a true answer?
The entire Great Pacific Garbage Patch is bounded by the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) defines a gyre as a large system of swirling ocean currents. Increasingly, however, it also refers to the garbage patch / a vortex of plastic waste and debris broken down into small particles in the ocean.
Burying garbage also causes both air and water pollution, and simply transporting it to the sites consumes an increasing amount of valuable fossil fuels, which produces more pollution and other problems. Buried in a landfill, the typical plastic trash bag takes 1,000 years to degrade, giving off toxins as it does.
These areas of spinning debris are linked together by the North Pacific Subtropical Convergence Zone, located a few hundred kilometers north of Hawaii. This convergence zone is where warm water from the South Pacific meets up with cooler water from the Arctic. The zone acts like a highway that moves debris from one patch to another.
