The Great Garbage Patch

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Read the following article and answer the questions below.

The "Great Pacific Garbage Patch" is a collection of marine debris in what ocean?

North Atlantic Ocean

North Pacific Ocean

South Atlantic Ocean

Gulf of Mexico

True

False

Japan to Russia

North America to Japan

China to Austraila

North America to China

hurricanes

wind gusts

garbage debris

ocean currents

True

False

non-renewable

biodegradable

renewable

new debris

60

20

30

70

True

False

plastic

cardboard

biodegradables

glass

True

False

sharks and jellies

Seaweed and crabs

plankton and sharks

plankton and algae

True

False

True

False

533

50

67

127

glass

disposable plastics

biodegradables

cardboard

The "Great Pacific Garbage Patch" is a collection of marine debris in what ocean?

North Atlantic Ocean

North Pacific Ocean

South Atlantic Ocean

Gulf of Mexico

The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is not the only marine trash patch, but it is the biggest

True

False

The garbage patch spans the water from __________________to ________________________.

Japan to Russia

North America to Japan

China to Austraila

North America to China

A gyre is a large system of swirling_______________________?

hurricanes

wind gusts

garbage debris

ocean currents

The area in the center of a gyre tends to be very wild and unpredictable.

True

False

The amount of debris in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch accumulates because much of it is not _____________________.

non-renewable

biodegradable

renewable

new debris

About _____ percent of marine debris eventually sinks to the bottom of the ocean.

60

20

30

70

A 2018 study found that fishing nets alone made up nearly half its (garbage patch) mass.

True

False

Different kinds of trash enter the garbage patch. What kind of trash makes of the majority of it?

plastic

cardboard

biodegradables

glass

Marine debris doesn't disturb marine food webs in the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre.

True

False

As microplastics and other trash collect on or near the surface of the ocean, they block sunlight from reaching __________ and _____________ below.

sharks and jellies

Seaweed and crabs

plankton and sharks

plankton and algae

Plastics both release and absorb harmful pollutants.

True

False

Because the Great Pacific Garbage Patch is so far from any country's coastline, America has taken responsibility for cleaning it up

True

False

Scientists estimate that it would take__________ ships one year to clean up less than one percent of the North Pacific Ocean.

533

50

67

127

The countries of the world must limit or end their use of _________________.

glass

disposable plastics

biodegradables

cardboard