Summer School 2025 Test

Directions: Circle the word that correctly completes the sentence. 1. The trash fell _______ in the ocean and caused more litter.

• upart

• uparte

• apart

• aparte

Directions: Circle the word that correctly completes the sentence. 2. Plastic and nets washed ______ during the storm.

• ashore

• ashor

• ushore

• ushor

Directions: Circle the word that correctly completes the sentence. 3. Sadly, humans pose a threat to bottlenose _______.

• dolfins

• dollfins

• dolphins

• dollphins

Directions: Circle the word that correctly completes the sentence. 4. The group’s idea to solve the pollution crisis was creative and _______!

• remarkless

• remarkable

• remarkness

• remarkful

The _____ “reduce, reuse and recycle” can help remind you ways to save the planet.

• fraise

• frase

• phraise

• phrase

______ is a very small piece of plastic that causes harm to sea life.

• microplastic

• macroplastic

• miniplastic

• tiny plastic

Something that is meant to be used once and thrown away is called (a)   .

• disposal

• disposable

• disposer

• disposition

Directions: Circle the word that correctly completes the sentence. 8. What is another word for gyre?

• helicopter

• whirlpool

• Tidal wave

• tsunami

Plastics flooded into everyday life because (a)   .

• they were expensive

• they were hard to make

• consumers liked how they felt

• they were affordable

Decomposers might be a solution to the plastic problem because (a)   .

• they help plastic break down

• they are really expensive

• they already live in the ocean

• they stick to plastic and make it easier to find