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Plastic Ocean 8:25-15:57

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

True or False: In the last 10 years, we have made more trash than the century before?

a)

True

b)

False

2.

What question does Tanya Streeter make about "disposable" products?

a)

When should we destroy disposable products?

b)

How can we make disposable products with more plastic?

c)

How can a product be disposable if the material is indestructible?

3.

What was found inside of the whale's digestive system shown in Plastic Ocean?

a)

6 square meters of plastic sheeting

b)

6 miles of plastic toys

c)

16 pounds of baby fish

4.

How do whales ingest trash from the ocean?

a)

They search for the trash to eat

b)

They eat from opening their mouths and sometimes trash gets in there

c)

Other animals feed it to them

5.

Eventually plastic breaks down into very small pieces known as _____.

a)

microplastics

b)

macroplastics

c)

plastic bits

6.

What is the meaning of the prefix "micro" in microplastics?

a)

normal

b)

small

c)

large

7.

The documentary shows the pollution in the Pacific and Indian Ocean. What can be inferred is happening in other oceans of the world?

a)

The other oceans of the world have a way of dissolving the trash

b)

There is no trash in the other oceans

c)

Other oceans also have trash

8.

How much oil is used each year to supply the United States with plastic water bottles?

a)

63 million gallons

b)

63 billion gallons

c)

16.3 billion gallons

9.

What is the name of the documentary we are watching?

a)

Plastic Ocean

b)

Trash Vortex

c)

A Plastic World

10.

True or False: 90% of water bottles are reused.

a)

True

b)

False

11.

True or False: The United States alone throws away 38 billion bottles a year.

a)

True

b)

False

12.

True or False: Every single person will dispose of about 300 pounds of plastic a year.

a)

True

b)

False

13.

What is the argument the documentary makes about the one characteristic that makes plastic both beneficial and harmful?

a)

Plastic is durable

b)

Plastic can be used in food

c)

Plastic is biodegradable

14.

By the year 2050, it is predicted that plastic production will _____.

a)

slow down

b)

double

c)

triple

15.

What does it mean for a substance to be biodegradable?

a)

when a substance can be broken down by synthetic or organic means

b)

the ability for a material to be broken down naturally

c)

building up the life of a substance