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Plastic Pollution

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1
Where do microplastics come from?
a microscope
dinosaurs
breakage of bigger plastics
plastic that has already been consumed by animals
2
What animals are MOST affected by plastic pollution?
Seals and Sea Lions
Sea Birds
Sea Turtles
Fish
3
What are garbage patches?
People travel to dump it there
Where Nasa drops the trash every few years
Sabrinnah lives there :)
Trash that gathers in ocean currents
4
What company is the most hated because of plastic pollution?
PepsiCo
all of the above
Nestle
Coca-Cola
5
What are microplastics?
microplastic is microplastic
plastic, duh
plastic you can only see from a microscope
really small pieces of plastic debris
6
How long does it take plastic to degrade (break down)?
200 years
10 years
A few months
It doesn't
7
Why can't we put the trash in space or on the sun/moon?
The sun will blow up due to a chemical reaction
all of the above
the moon already has 400,000 pounds of trash
it cost too much money due to waste of materials
8
What animals are affected by plastic pollution?
whales
All animals
Turtles
All sea creatures
9
How many plastic bags are consumed worldwide?
500 million - 1 trillion
100,000 - 1 million
300 million - 1 billion
100 million - 300 million
10
Why is plastic pollution a problem?
It's cheap
People don't care
All of the above
Plastic companies keep making it for money
11
What's the most polluted plast?
Plastic Bags
Plastic bottles
Plastic food wrappers
Plastic Straws
12
What are good replacements for plastic?
Paper, burning plastic, or throwing it away
Nothing can replace plastic
Recycle
Bamboo, stainless steel, glass, seaweed