Which words tell you what microplastics are?
The Plastic Problem

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English
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5th Grade
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Medium
Jennifer Doyle
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Not biodegradable
Do not decompose
instead they break
Ever tinier pieces
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which words tell you how much plastic is dumped into the ocean each year?
Accumulate in landfills
8.8 million tons of plastics
Comparable to a garbage truck
A load full of debris
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which words tell you what the Great Pacific Garbage Patch is like?
Spinning vortex
Junkyard in the ocean
Twice the size of Texas
Seen from outer space
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which words tell you who eats plastics?
Accumulate in Earth’s oceans
Fish, seabirds, turtles
Tangled in plastic products
Nets, bags, soda rings
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which words tell you what turtles think plastic is?
Researches estimate
Loggerhead turtles
Jellyfish
Algae
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which words BEST tell you why eating plastic causes starvation in turtles?
Ate 17% of plastics
Ate 62% of plastics
Fill turtles’ bellies
mistakenly believe they ate enough
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which pair of words tell you how seabirds can accidentally eat plastics?
Also Kill…seabirds each year
Wingspan of…large seabird flies
Skims its beak… to catch fish
Catches fish…collects plastics
8.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which words tell you how many seabirds carry plastic in their bellies today?
Sharp edges can pierce
1960
Only 5% of seabirds
80% of seabirds
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