WorksheetsStossel; Coronavirus Cans the Bag Ban, Are Plastic Bags Bad?
Total questions: 22
Worksheet time: 16mins
What's the name of the Governor of N.Y. State?
Andrew Cuomo
John D. Rockefeller
Ned Lamont
Donald Trump
Who's the governor of Connecticut?
Andrew Cuomo
Ned Lamont
Justin Elicker
Wilbur L. Cross
What do CT, NY, Calif, and Vermont have in common
They are all located close to NYC.
They all banned Governors.
They all banned non-reusable plastic bans.
What did CT and NY find out after banning plastic bags?
That it was a GREAT idea!
That it may not be such a great idea?
Why might the banning of plastic shopping bags be a bad idea?
Reusable bags wind up in the ocean.
Reusable bags fill up the landfills.
Many people don't wash reusable bags.
What's the best reason to use plastic shopping bags?
They're cheap.
They're clean.
They are convenient.
All of the above.
Sometimes it's smart to....
Answer the first right sounding answer you see.
Read all the answers first!
What have states like NY and CT done in order to prevent the spread of Covid?
Banned reusable shopping bags.
Banned plastic shopping bags.
Why were reusable bags suddenly banned in CT & NY?
Governor's Cuomo and Lamont hate them.
The fear that they bring bacteria from home into stores.
Why are reusable shopping bags so filthy and nasty?
They come that way from the factory.
Most people just don't wash them.
After plastic bags were banned, what increased in San Francisco?
Sea animals choking on reusable bags.
Space in landfills.
Food poisoning from nasty reused bags.
What is Greenpeace?
An organization of preschoolers whose favorite color is green.
An organization dedicated to promoting cannabis use.
An environmentalist organization.
What was responsible for giving pigs Swine Corona virus?
Reusable shopping bags
Reusable feed bags.
Why might some politicians want to re-ban plastic bags?
Because plastic bags are proven to be BAD.
Politicians are smarter than the rest of us and know better.
They want to look like they stand for something important.
According to Stossell....ic
We are running out of room for landfills.
There's plenty of room for landfills.
Plastic bags fill up landfills and oceans.
The video claims that all of America's trash for the last 100 years could...
fill the Atlantic Ocean.
fill the Grand Canyon.
be piled up as high as the moon.
fit into 18 Square miles.
90% of the plastic in the ocean comes from...
The U.S.A.
Toy companies.
Fair Haven, Ct.
Asia and Africa
What percent of the ocean's plastic comes from North America?
1%
10%
50%
90%
What is the main message of this short documentary?
That the US is NOT responsible for plastic in the ocean.
That plastic trash is not a major problem.
That sometimes good intentions can do more harm than good.
Did this video change your mind about plastic, landfills and the role of the US?
Yes.
No.
Did you like this video?
Yes
No
Explain why you liked or didn't like this video.
