Water/Ocean Pollution

Why are animals in the ocean dying?

• People are making and discarding plastics

• Animals are being choked by plastics

• ocean animals are eating other ocean animals who have already eaten the plastic

• all of the above

Which ocean is the GPGP located?

• Pacific Ocean

• Atlantic Ocean

• Indian Ocean

How can you help impact the environment in a positive way

• recycle

• save water

• drive less, creating less pollution

• all of the above

What causes The Great Pacific Garbage Patch to form?

• surface winds
• tropical storms
• animal nesting
• ocean currents

True or False: Garbage waste can be found only in populated areas near humans settlements.

• True
• False

What is the name of the massive pile of trash ?

• Great Pacific Garbage Patch

• Great Atlantic Garbage Patch

• Great Pacific Garbage Trash

• Gran Pacific Island of Trash

What is a micro-plastic?

• a tiny particle created when larger plastic items, tooth brushes, bottles, bags, break down over decade
• invisible organisms in the air
• molecules in the water
• smoke in the air

Any plastic you throw away can possibly end up in the ocean

• True
• False

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-3

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-PS1-3

How big is the GPGP?

• 1.6 million square km

• 2x's the size of Texas

• all the above

Where is the Great Garbage Patch located?

• The North Pacific Gyre
• The South Pacific Gyre
• The Indian Ocean Gyre
• The Gulf Stream