HPMS Recycling PSA

What happens to a water bottle when it doesn't get recycled?

• It breaks down in the ocean

• It contaminates the soil

• It ends up as runoff, and flows into the ocean

• All of the above

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NGSS.MS-PS1-3

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

Where does a water bottle end up if it's not recycled

• Outer space

• The center of the Earth

• The ocean

• Another country

What happens to a water bottle when it is recycled?

• It is sent to a recycling plant to be made into something new

• It is picked up from the recycling bin, washed and used again

• It is sent to a landfill and properly disposed of

• It stays in the recycling bin forever

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-3

What are microplastics?

• Soda cans

• Any piece of plastic

• Plastic particles smaller than 5mm

• Plastic water bottles

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-3

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

How many bottles are purchased every week in HPISD?

• 5,000

• 10,000

• 100,000,002

• 1,000

Consumed plastic can increase risk of cancer

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-PS1-3

What state do plastic bottles have to be for recycling?

• Full of liquid

• Partially empty

• Dry and empty

• All of the above

Unrecycled plastics end up in our food

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-PS1-3

NGSS.MS-ESS3-3

What is the Great Pacific Garbage Patch?

• A garbage patch twice the size of Texas

• A big garbage man

• The cleanest part of the ocean

• A place with a lot of yummy meals

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

You have microplastics in your body

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-PS1-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-4