What are three reasons plastic bags are so popular?

They're lightweight, handy, and easily discarded.

Reading comprehension: Plastic Bag Pollution

A #HighSchool #ESOL #SocialStudies #Science quiz based on Plastic Bag Pollution (by Sharon Jacobsen): http://dpw.lacounty.gov/epd/PlasticBags/Articles/Googobits_07-21-05.pdf

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1
Amount of plastic bags used every year around the world.
500 billion
100 billion
1 billion
100 million
2
Bags come in this form.
sandwich bags
all three of these (and more)
carrier bags (like what you use for shopping)
trash bin liners
3
Amount of plastic bags consumed in the United States yearly.
1 000 000
10 000 000 000
100 000 000 000
1 000 000 000
4
What are three reasons plastic bags are so popular?
They're lightweight, convenient, and break easily.
They're lightweight, easily discarded, and expensive.
They're cheap, convenient, and biodegradable.
They're lightweight, handy, and easily discarded.
5
Bags have made the Top 12 list of items of debris collected regularly from coastlines...
in North America.
around the world.
in South America.
in the Pacific Rim.
6
Bags reach the ocean this way.
All of these.
Via waterways (canals, rivers)
They're dumped directly there with other trash.
Via sewers
7
"Big numbers can be daunting". What does 'daunting' mean?
exciting
amazing
impressive
hard to figure out
8
What is a reason plastic (polyethylene) bags are such a big environmental headache?
Polyethylene takes hundreds of years to break down.
All three of these.
They contribute to water, land, & sometimes air pollution.
They are abundant and difficult to recycle.
9
Plastic bags became really popular in this decade.
1970's
1990's
1980's
2000's
10
Plastic bags are a threat or hazard to marine life because...
Sea animals might eat them and get their intestines clogged.
All of these
Sea animals might want to eat them and choke.
Sea animals might get entangled with bags and drown/starve

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