What other items have been recovered from the Pacific trash heap?

Sneakers, toys and sports equipment

What does the phenomenon of "Ghost Fishing" mean?

When discarded nets continue to "catch" and suffocate life

What causes this trash to collect in such a specific area?

the North Pacific Subtropical Convergence zone

A system of rotating ocean currents

Why won't any country initiate clean-up efforts?

The scale of waste is too large, Most is too far from any coastline

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1
What other items have been recovered from the Pacific trash heap?
Fragments of World War II ships
Sneakers, toys and sports equipment
Dead bodies
Pieces of the Titanic
2
Where does the majority of trash come from?
Europe and Asia
Africa and Europe
North America and Asia
North America and SOuth America
3
What does the phenomenon of "Ghost Fishing" mean?
When new species of fish remain undiscovered
When discarded trash pollutes entire ecosystems
When discarded nets continue to "catch" and suffocate life
When garbage obscures visibility in oceans
4
What causes this trash to collect in such a specific area?
the Mariana Trench
the North Pacific Subtropical Convergence zone
the Noth Pacific Equatorial Vortex
from the Pacific Subtropical High
5
What does this garbage look like from satellite ?
A "cloudy" soup
Dots
An "island" of particles
A giant, floating heap
6
What is a gyre?
A system of rotating ocean currents
An area of high-pressure over the equator
Jet streams from the tropical convergence zone
An area of low pressure
7
What is another name for this massive patch of garbage?
Pacific-Humboldt Current
North Pacific Gulf Stream
North Pacific King Crab
North Pacific Subtropical Gyre
8
What is the great collection of garbage in the North Pacific called
Great Pacific Cabbage Patch
Great Pacific Garbage Patch
Super Pac
The Pacific Ring of Fire
9
What makes up most of this garbage?
Paper
Heaviy Metals
Plastic
Glass
10
Why won't any country initiate clean-up efforts?
A majority of the trash is biodegradable
The scale of waste is too large
Most is too far from any coastline
Most of the source of the trash only comes from a few countries
11
How much of this debris sinks below the ocean?
50%
70%
30%
90%
12
Who was credited for discovering this trash heap?
Captain Charles Moore
Spongebob
Charles Darwin
Amelia Earhart
13
What is not a component of the North Pacific Gyre?
South Pacific Current
California Current
Kuroshio Current
North Equatorial Current
14
Name the process when the sun breaks down material into smaller pieces
Photosynthesis
Solodesintegration
Solar-irradiation
Photodegradation
15
What did National Geographic Explorer David de Rothschild and his team at Adventure Ecology create from the plastic?
Sports equipment
A catamaran
Cell phone protectors
Electronic casings

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