The Journey of Three Plastic Bottles

What is the primary material used to create plastic bottles?

• Wood

• Metal

• Oil and gas

• Paper

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How are plastic bottles created from oil and gas?

• By melting them directly

• By chemically bonding molecules to make polymers

• By carving them out

• By freezing the oil and gas

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What is leachate?

• A type of plastic

• A toxic liquid from landfills

• A recycling process

• Clean groundwater

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How long can it take for a plastic bottle to decompose in a landfill?

• 10 years

• 100 years

• 1,000 years

• It never decomposes

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Where does the second bottle end up?

• In the Great Pacific Garbage Patch

• In a landfill

• It gets incinerated

• In a recycling plant

What is the Great Pacific Garbage Patch?

• A myth

• A recycling center

• A landfill in the Pacific Ocean

• A vortex of plastic debris in the ocean

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How does plastic affect marine life?

• It makes them grow larger

• It provides them with food

• It helps them build homes

• It entangles and starves them

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What do some animals mistake plastic for?

• Food

• Plants

• Rocks

• Other animals

What are microplastics?

• A type of recyclable plastic

• Plastic particles used in manufacturing

• Tiny pieces of plastic that pollute the ocean

• Small plastic bottles

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What happens to the third bottle?

• It is buried in a landfill

• It is reused as a bottle

• It is transformed into new materials

• It ends up in the ocean

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