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WorksheetsPlastic Ocean 8:25-15:57
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
True or False: In the last 10 years, we have made more trash than the century before?
True
False
What question does Tanya Streeter make about "disposable" products?
When should we destroy disposable products?
How can we make disposable products with more plastic?
How can a product be disposable if the material is indestructible?
What was found inside of the whale's digestive system shown in Plastic Ocean?
6 square meters of plastic sheeting
6 miles of plastic toys
16 pounds of baby fish
How do whales ingest trash from the ocean?
They search for the trash to eat
They eat from opening their mouths and sometimes trash gets in there
Other animals feed it to them
Eventually plastic breaks down into very small pieces known as _____.
microplastics
macroplastics
plastic bits
What is the meaning of the prefix "micro" in microplastics?
normal
small
large
The documentary shows the pollution in the Pacific and Indian Ocean. What can be inferred is happening in other oceans of the world?
The other oceans of the world have a way of dissolving the trash
There is no trash in the other oceans
Other oceans also have trash
How much oil is used each year to supply the United States with plastic water bottles?
63 million gallons
63 billion gallons
16.3 billion gallons
What is the name of the documentary we are watching?
Plastic Ocean
Trash Vortex
A Plastic World
True or False: 90% of water bottles are reused.
True
False
True or False: The United States alone throws away 38 billion bottles a year.
True
False
True or False: Every single person will dispose of about 300 pounds of plastic a year.
True
False
What is the argument the documentary makes about the one characteristic that makes plastic both beneficial and harmful?
Plastic is durable
Plastic can be used in food
Plastic is biodegradable
By the year 2050, it is predicted that plastic production will _____.
slow down
double
triple
What does it mean for a substance to be biodegradable?
when a substance can be broken down by synthetic or organic means
the ability for a material to be broken down naturally
building up the life of a substance
