The Great Pacific Garbage Patch Selection Quiz

Where is the Great Pacific Garbage Patch?

• San Francisco, California

• North America

• The Pacific Rim

About how many pieces of garbage are in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch?

• About 1.8 trillion pieces

• About 80 million pieces

• About 8 trillion pieces

What causes a gyre to form?

• fish and sea turtles eat too much plastic

• water currents move in a clockwise motion

• water currents move away from a center point onto the shores and beaches

How did the garbage get there?

• Fishermen dumped it there

• It flowed there from the Pacific Rim

• Alaskan researchers found it there

What contaminates the waters?

• microplastics

• small sea creatures

• recycled water bottles

Why are microplastics so dangerous?

• The microplastics carry a toxic chemical that gets into our ocean waters

• The microplastics are sharp and hurt sea life

• The sea life mistake the small microplastics for food

What is one factor that makes it hard to clean up?

• There is nowhere to put all the garbage

• The clean up nets could also catch small sea life

• Scientists are using it for reasearch

Which is not a way that humans can help?

• recycle plastics

• don't litter

• use only plastic straws

According to the map, how many gyres are found worldwide?

• 3

• 5

• 7

What is responsible for the garbage being broken down into microplastics?

• wind, rain, waves

• sand, electricity, wind

• erosion, mudslides, rain