Tracking Trash Chapters 1 - 2

What does Curt Ebbesmeyer track?

• Flotsam and Jetsom

• Food

• Car Accidents

• The weather

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

What is the point of tracking flotsam and jetsam?

• In order to better understand how the ocean moves.

• To see how far we can get boats to sail.

• To see where the sea animals move.

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

What is a beachcomber?

• Someone who collects natural or manmade objects from the seashore.

• Someone who combs the sand with a rake.

• A person who likes to find combs on the beach.

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

What was the first item Curt began to look for after his mother sent him an article in the local newspaper?

• Nike Sneakers

• Computers

• Adidas Shoes

• Sweat Pants

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

Curt realized that the Hansa Carrier spill represented the largest ever ________ drift experiment of all time.

• Oceanographic

• Land Locked

• Thermographic

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

Longitude runs _____.

• North to South

• East to West

Latitude runs ____ to _____.

• East to West

• North to South

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.7

CCSS.RI.5.7

CCSS.RI.6.7

CCSS.RL.4.7

CCSS.RL.5.7

The Equator splits the Earth from ____ to _____.

• East to West.

• North to South.

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

The Prime Meridian splits the Earth from ___ to ____.

• North to South.

• East to West.

What does NOAA stand for?

• National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

• Nice Otters and Allies

• Nothing Over Alaska Allowed