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Test Your Knowledge!

1.  What is the lifespan of plastic? (How long does it last?)  _________________

2.  What % of plastic is recycled? _________________

3. Which of these are NOT made of plastic:
fingernail polish,  Styrofoam cup,  car dashboard, vinyl couch, drinking straw

4. What is plastic made out of? _______________________________________

5. In the U.S. how many water bottles do we consume per day? ___________________

6. How is an ocean gyre formed? _________________  &  ________________________

7. There is now _____ times more plastic than plankton in the North Pacific Gyre.

8. A healthy albatross lives about _________ years and has a ________ foot wingspan.

9. Albatross normally eat plankton and shrimp.  What are they mistaking for shrimp?
____________________________

10.  Leatherback turtles can weigh up to _____________________  pounds.

11. What do sea turtles normally eat? _____________________   But what kind of
garbage are they accidentally eating nowadays? __________________________

Name at least three simple things you can do to reduce the effects of plastic pollution.
12.  ______________________________________________
13.  ______________________________________________
14.  ______________________________________________

15. If you don’t help clean the beaches, you might feel like a
________________________________________ in the morning!

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