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A Plastic Ocean Documentary

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
How many tons of plastic are produced each year?
a)
100 million
b)
200 million
c)
300 million
d)
1 billion
2.
What percent of plastic is used once and then thrown away?
a)
10
b)
25
c)
40
d)
50
3.
What is the average life span of a plastic bag?
a)
15 minutes
b)
1 day
c)
5 years
d)
1000 years
4.
How many plastic bottles does the average person use each year?
a)
100
b)
315
c)
1000
d)
5000
5.
Over the last ____ years, we have produced more plastic than during the whole of the last century.
a)
10
b)
25
c)
30
d)
50
6.
How many countries account for 60% percent of plastic pollution in the ocean?
a)
3
b)
5
c)
10
d)
1
7.

Which continent does most of the plastic go to?

a)

North America

b)

South America

c)

Europe

d)

Asia

8.

Why is plastic used so extensively?

a)

Because it is durable

b)

Because it is strong

c)

Because it is cheap

d)

All of the above

9.

What is the record amount of plastic found in a Shearwater Gull?

a)

135 pieces

b)

234 pieces

c)

400 pieces

d)

276 pieces

10.

What food source might the Laysan Albatross be mistaking plastic for?

a)

Plankton

b)

Squid

c)

Oysters

d)

Shrimp

11.

What has Rwanda done to combat the plastic problem?

a)

Set up a recycling scheme for plastic bags

b)

Set up bottle recycling for cash schemes

c)

Totally banned plastic bags

d)

Banned plastic fishing gear

12.

What do you get in return for recycling plastic in Haiti

a)

Cash

b)

Mobile phones recharged

c)

Food tokens

d)

Medicine

13.

Approximately how big is the Great Pacific Garbage Patch?

a)

Size of Mexico

b)

Size of Europe

c)

Size of France

d)

Size of USA

14.

What type of power does the Ocean Cleanup lighting run off?

a)

Tidal

b)

Wind

c)

Wave

d)

Solar

15.

Which natural forces move the Ocean Cleanup equipment?

a)

Wind

b)

Waves

c)

Ocean currents

d)

All three

16.

Plastic does not degrade, it

a)

breaks up

b)

breaks down

17.

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

18.

Define estrogenic activity.

a)

release of chemicals from plastic

b)

release of toxins from plastic

c)

release of BPA in the atmosphere

d)

release of chemicals into the ocean

19.

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

a)

pogrestrone

b)

estrogen

c)

endocrine

d)

peptide

20.

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

a)

Hydrolysis

b)

Dialysis

c)

Pyrolysis

d)

Sublimation