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- 1. Multiple Choice
What are microplastics?
Large sheets of plastic used to store fish and seafood
Tiny plastic particles created by the disintegration of larger plastic items
A group of plastic items that collect together to form a 'belt' of plastic
Small purchases of extra plastic that you can make when you buy larger plastic items
Large sheets of plastic used to store fish and seafood
- 2. Multiple Choice
Why is plastic dangerous for marine life? (Check all that apply)
They mistake it for food and cannot digest it
They can get tangled in it
It's not dangerous because they use plastic waste for habitats
It's not dangerous unless it's small enough to eat
- 3. Multiple Choice
Where does the majority of plastic waste end up?
Burned for energy
Landfill
Recycled
Oceans
- 4. Multiple Choice
Which of the following is true about plastic?
It's cheap
It's versatile (many uses)
It's disposable
All of the above
- 5. Multiple Choice
True or False: Plastic in the ocean ends up in the food you eat.
True
False
- 6. Multiple Choice
How long does it take plastic to degrade?
500-1000 years
200 years
150 years
50 years
- 7. Multiple Choice
Why is the Pacific trash vortex almost impossible to measure?
Pieces of debris sink or move around
We can't find the garbage patch
The garbage patch is disappearing
There is no garbage patch, its made up.
- 8. Multiple Choice
What details is the image showing you? (pick two)
That there is more than one garbage patch.
that garbage patches are bad.
that garbage patches are clean.
Where the garbage patches are in the ocean.
- 9. Multiple Choice
True or false, plastic is does not biodegrade or disappear.
True
False
- 10. Multiple Choice
Tiny pieces of plastic that don't break down or biodegrade are called
microphones
microscopes
micro-bacteria
microplastics
- 11. Multiple Choice
How can we stop the garbage patches from growing?
Take care of your trash and throw it out the right way.
Remember that land and sea are both connected.
Reduce the garbage you produce and recycle plastics.
All of the above
- 12. Multiple Choice
Plastic can break down into pieces the size of _____.
pebbles
bottle caps
sand
doll arms
- 13. Multiple Choice
Plastic is biodegradable (capable of decaying through the action of living organisms).
True
False
- 14. Multiple Choice
As plastic travels through the ocean _____.
it does not change in size
it carries living organisms from one part of the world to another
it poisons fish that eat it
it eventually poisons humans who eat the fish
- 15. Multiple Choice
How does plastic trash cause marine life and sea birds to starve?
They mistake plastic for food, which clogs their stomachs and doesn't leave any room for real food.
Plastic takes up space in the water so marine animals have no place to live.
The plastic in the ocean is so dense that the marine life cannot find food easily.
Plastic doesn't cause marine life or sea bird to starve: they're smart enough to know the difference between plastic and food.
- 16. Multiple Choice
Why do animals in the ocean and sea birds eat plastic in the first place?
The plastic smells like their normal food source.
The plastic looks like their normal food source.
The plastic is easier to digest than their normal food source.
The plastic has more nutritional value than their normal food source.
- 17. Multiple Choice
Why is plastic used so extensively?
Because it is durable
Because it is strong
Because it is cheap
All of the above
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