Trash Vortex Chapters Pgs. 1-30

Who is Charles Moore?

• author of the book

• Captain of the ship Alguita

• a sailor

• documentary filmmaker who created A Plastic Ocean

What are gyres?

• piles of trash

• a whirlpool in the ocean

• ocean current

• cold front

What does the greek word "plastikos" mean?

• never ending

• plastic

• moldable

• organic

What is Charles Goodyear famous for creating?

• vulcanized rubber

• gyres

• trash vortex

• maple syrup

What did we see a surge of in the 1950's?

• recycling

• alternative materials like wood and rope

• use of plastics

• minimalism

"The idea that you threw stuff out when it wore out is a 20th century idea," wrote Susan Strasser, author of Waste and Want: A Social History of Trash.

Why do you think the author included this quote in Chapter 2 of Trash Vortex?

• this lady is smart

• it helps explain how new the concept of disposable items are

• it helps explain why recycling is important

• it tells why the oceans have a problem

The Cuyahoga River was so polluted that:

• it stopped flowing

• all of the fish died

• Charles Moore had to clean it up

• it caught fire

What percentage of trash entering the ocean is plastic?

• 9

• 19

• 90

• 99

Chapter 3 opens with a story about an albatross discovered dead in 2005 with plastic in it's stomach from 1944. Why is this significant?

• The plastic was 61 years old and still floating around to be ingested

• The plastic was from World War II

• The albatross lived a long life

• The plastic was in the wrong place

What is meant by the phrase "a lost nylon fishing net or tangled mass of hook and line does not stop fishing"?

• even if someone is no longer using it, those materials will catch wildlife

• you can make money with these materials for a long time

• nylon is the most durable thing to use for a fishing net

• you shouldn't litter