Worksheetsplastic
Total questions: 11
Worksheet time: 8mins
Who are the characters in this story?
plastic
three plastic bottle
Plastic is made of
oil and gasses
pellets
How much plastic ends up in landfills?
hundreds of millions of ton
all of it
Rainwater flows through the waste and absorbs toxic compounds. The toxic water is called leachate, and it
can move into groundwater, soil and streams, poisoning ecosystems and harming wildlife
evaporates
How long can it take for a bottle to decompose?
1000 years
100 years
. What is the name of the massive vortex of trash in the Pacific Ocean?
The Pacific Trash Gyre
The Pacific Garbage Patch
How many plastic-filled trash vortexes, or gyres, are there in the world's seas?
five
one
Why do the animals eat the plastic?
they think it is a food
Because they are starving
Do most plastics biodegrade?
no, they don't
yes, they do
Bottle number three is
in the Pacific Garbage Patch
recycled
Draw a plastic substance. example-plastic bottle, straw etc
