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Plastic Pollution Flashcards

1
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What percentage of Americans over the age of 6 have detectable levels of BPA in their system?

A

92.6%

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In the video A Plastic Ocean what did the kids do instead of going to school?

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Scavenged for plastic to earn money

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In the video A Plastic Ocean what did they find in the bottom of the Mediterranean?

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Lots of plastics, bottles, bombs, old parachutes

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In the video A Plastic Ocean a shipping container breaks and spills nurdles in the Ocean, what is a nurdle?

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A small pellet that serves as a raw material in plastic production.

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In the video A Plastic Ocean why would the supermarkets not buy the fish?

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The nurdles were in their gut

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6
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What is the percentage of plastic water bottles that are only used once?

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Over 90%

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What has happened to every single piece of plastic ever made?

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It’s still on the planet in one way or another.

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How many million tons of plastic are dumped into the world’s oceans every year?

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8

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9
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If a blue whale was tangled up in a plastic sheet, how long could it survive underwater?

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30 minutes

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10
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In the last 10 years we have made more plastic than in the last

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Century

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In the video A Plastic Ocean how did the whale die?

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Starved due to too much plastic in the stomach

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In the video A Plastic Ocean sea birds often eat Plastic, how does it affect them?

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Fills up their stomach causing them to not eat and get malnourished

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Turtles eat plastic bags because they mistake them for

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Jellyfish

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In the video A Plastic Ocean why did the narrator go to different places trying to get food and drink without plastics?

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To make a point that plastic is everywhere and we rely on it too much.

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Large pieces of plastic, like old detergent bottles are broken down into smaller pieces in the oceans. What are 3 things that cause the bottles to be broken down into microplastics?

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Salt, sun rot, wave action

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16
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Microplastics are poison pills because they

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Are made with toxic chemicals that leach out of plastics.

17
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In the video A Plastic Ocean when a Chinese company shipping container cracks open during a typhoon, bags of nurdles open and spill all over the place. Environmentalist put out a call on Facebook for help. Who comes to help?

A

People from the company sinopec, and those who are most affected by the spill.

18
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What percentage of pollution comes from activities that have taken place on land?

A

Over 80%

19
Q

What percentage of microplastics were found in mussels and seafood from the British beaches?

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Over 75%

20
Q

Plastics were developed and sold to be disposable. What does this mean?

A

That they’re single use and get thrown away and are used for short periods of time.

21
Q

What percentage of oceans are actually protected by law?

A

4-6%

22
Q

How long does it take plastic to degrade and break down in the ocean?

A

600 years

23
Q

On average, what percentage of plastic is properly recycled?

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9%

24
Q

How does the ocean help regulate the earth’s climate?

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Absorbs heat and CO2 keeping nearby land cooler and circulating heat around the world.

25
Q

What percentage of trade by the world’s countries are carried by ships?

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90%

26
Q

The oceans cover about what percentage of the planet?

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70%

27
Q

What percentage of oxygen is derived from the ocean?

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50%

28
Q

What type of renewable energy will the Scottish waters generate 10% of all of Europe’s power in the future?

A

Wave power

29
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What happens during the water cycle when warm ocean vapor rises into the atmosphere and cools down?

A

Condenses to form clouds and precipitation

30
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How many people from around the world depend on fish and seafood as their main source of protein?

A

1 billion

31
Q

Name at least 3 medical conditions that their treatments have been developed from resources that are found in the ocean?

A

Asthma, arthritis, cancer

32
Q

What microscopic organisms found in the ocean absorbs carbon dioxide and create oxygen for the planet earth?

A

Phytoplankton

33
Q

What percentage of the world’s people live within 60 km/37 miles from the ocean?

A

70%

34
Q

What percentage of tourism takes place in coastal areas?

A

80%

35
Q

According to the fact sheet, why oceans matter, how many people depend on fishing for their livelihoods?

A

Over 700 million

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