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wood and plastic

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Where is Henderson island?

a)

100 miles off South America

b)

1000 miles of North America

c)

1000 miles of South America

d)

100 miles of South America

2.

What is the problem with microbeads?

a)

They are expensive

b)

They are not biodegradable

c)

They don't taste nice

d)

They are biodegradable

3.

What have some nurseries stopped using?

a)

paint

b)

glitter

c)

milk

d)

card

4.

Countries such as Germany, Norway and Sweden have a Deposit Return Scheme and it helps those countries recycle how much of their plastic?

a)

40%

b)

60%

c)

10%

d)

90%

5.

Which is the true statement?

a)

One in three sea turtles, and around 90% of seabirds, have eaten it.

b)

No sea turtles have died from plastic.

c)

Seabirds are dying at rates of 1 in 4 and turtles are eating plastic and 2 out of three are dying.

d)

Sea birds think plastic is fun and yummy!

6.

Each year, how many animals in the sea are killed by plastic?

a)

100

b)

100,000

c)

500,000

d)

500

7.

Experts think that by which year, the amount of plastic in the ocean will weigh more than the amount of fish in the ocean?

a)

2200

b)

2100

c)

2050

d)

2250

8.

How much plastic enters the world's oceans each year and most of that escapes from land?

a)

more than three million tonnes

b)

more than eight million tonnes

c)

less than three million tonnes

d)

more than five million tonnes

9.

Every day seven million cardboard coffee cups are thrown away but how many are recycled?

a)

around 4000

b)

around 400

c)

around 400,000

d)

around 4,000,000

10.

Plastics are man-made and can be produced from natural materials like...

a)

coal and oil

b)

sand and ice

c)

oil and gas

d)

coal and sand