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The Great Garbage Patch
By Stephanie Anne Berryman
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Read the
following article
and answer the questions below.
Question 1
1.
The "Great Pacific Garbage Patch" is a collection of marine debris in what ocean?
Gulf of Mexico
North Atlantic Ocean
North Pacific Ocean
South Atlantic Ocean
Question 2
2.
The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is not the only marine trash patch, but it is the biggest
True
False
Question 3
3.
The garbage patch spans the water from __________________to ________________________.
Japan to Russia
North America to China
North America to Japan
China to Austraila
Question 4
4.
A gyre is a large system of swirling_______________________?
wind gusts
garbage debris
hurricanes
ocean currents
Question 5
5.
The area in the center of a gyre tends to be very wild and unpredictable.
True
False
Question 6
6.
The amount of debris in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch accumulates because much of it is not _____________________.
biodegradable
renewable
non-renewable
new debris
Question 7
7.
About _____ percent of marine debris eventually sinks to the bottom of the ocean.
20
60
70
30
Question 8
8.
A 2018 study found that fishing nets alone made up nearly half its (garbage patch) mass.
True
False
Question 9
9.
Different kinds of trash enter the garage patch. What kind of trash makes of the majority of it?
cardboard
plastic
glass
biodegradables
Question 10
10.
Marine debris doesn't disturb marine food webs in the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre.
True
False
Question 11
11.
As microplastics and other trash collect on or near the surface of the ocean, they block sunlight from reaching __________ and _____________ below.
sharks and jellies
plankton and sharks
plankton and algae
Seaweed and crabs
Question 12
12.
Plastics both release and absorb harmful pollutants.
True
False
Question 13
13.
Because the Great Pacific Garbage Patch is so far from any country's coastline, America has taken responsibility for cleaning it up
True
False
Question 14
14.
Scientists estimate that it would take__________ ships one year to clean up less than one percent of the North Pacific Ocean.
50
127
533
67
Question 15
15.
The countries of the world must limit or end their use of _________________.
glass
disposable plastics
biodegradables
cardboard