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A Plastic Ocean

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Where was the first place they discover seas of plastic?

a)

Pacific Ocean

b)

Andaman Ocean

c)

Indian Ocean

d)

Atlantic Ocean

2.

Where did Tanya Streeter grow?

a)

Grand Canyon

b)

Grand Cayman

c)

Grand Prairie

3.

What is the word that is the opposite of the words 'indestructible material' - they falsely claim this about plastic.

(a)  

4.

The cause of death for Brutus Whale after it had swallowed 6 square metre of plastic.

a)

Blocked digestive system due to malnourishment

b)

Malnourishment due to blocked digestive system.

5.

Why does a whale eat plastic?

4 lines
6.

How many billions of oils are used every year in U.S. to produce plastic water bottles?

a)

63 billion

b)

60 billion

c)

65 billion

7.

38 billions bottles thrown every year in the U.S. equals to...

a)

5 million tons of plastic

b)

4 million tons of plastic

c)

3 million tons of plastic

d)

2 million tons of plastic

8.

Plastic is...

a)

Capable and soluble

b)

Expandable and suitable

c)

Durable and terrible

9.

How much plastic is being recycled from the ones that we produced?

a)

a fraction

b)

a quarter

c)

a pence

10.

(a)   is cancer causing agent

11.

................ millions tons of plastic are dumped into the world ocean every year.

a)

3 millions

b)

8 millions

c)

5 millions

d)

6 millions

12.

Plastic smog =

a)

Macro plastic

b)

Micro plastic

c)

Nano plastic

13.

Tick the household items that contain microbeads.

a)

Facial scrubs

b)

Toothpaste

c)

Cosmetics

d)

Cotton buds

14.

Plastic does not degrade, it ..............

a)

breaks up

b)

breaks down

15.

Majority of ocean plastic comes from ____________ countries.

a)

5

b)

6

c)

8

d)

7

16.

Choose the flow of movement of toxin (attach to the plastic) when it enters our body.

a)

vital organ - blood stream - fatty tissue

b)

fatty tissue - blood stream - vital organ

c)

blood stream - fatty tissue - vital organ

17.

Define estrogenic activity.

a)

released of chemicals from plastic

b)

released of toxin from plastic

c)

released BPA

18.

BPA that leaches from plastic and enters the body mimics the _________________ hormones.

a)

pogrestrone

b)

estrogen

c)

endocrine

d)

peptide

19.

Which countries practice good waste management system?

a)

Haiti and Rwanda

b)

Tasmania and Fiji

c)

Sri Lanka and Hong Kong

d)

China and Philiphines

20.

The application of heat to chemical compost like plastic to cause decomposition is called _________________.

a)

Hydrolysis

b)

Dialysis

c)

Pyrolysis

d)

Sublimation