Preview (15 questions)
1 Question
30 секунд назад
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The Great Pacific Garbage Patch was discovered in _____.


1990

1997

2001

2 Question
30 секунд назад
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An alternative name for the Great Pacific Garbage Patch is _________.


Pacific Specimen

Pacific Garland

Pacific Trash Vortex

3 Question
30 секунд назад
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A racing boat captain who discovered the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.


Charles Moore

Edwin Oliver

Benedict Ted

4 Question
30 секунд назад
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The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is located in the ______ Pacific Ocean.


North

South

5 Question
30 секунд назад
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There are _______ gyres in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.


Four

Five

Seven

6 Question
30 секунд назад
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How many currents make up the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre?


One

Three

Four

7 Question
30 секунд назад
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________ are the majority of the debris in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.


Thermocol

Plastics

Glass

8 Question
30 секунд назад
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Plastic can ________ enter the food chain.


Directly

Indirectly

9 Question
30 секунд назад
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Sea turtles and black-footed albatross directly suffer from ________.


Carcinoid syndrome

Marine debris

Benign 

10 Question
30 секунд назад
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The "garbage patch" is not really a trash island.


True

False

11 Question
30 секунд назад
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________ barred by marine debris affects more than one community.


Wind

Automobile

Sunlight

12 Question
30 секунд назад
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Four currents of North Pacific Subtropical Gyre move in a _______ direction.


Clockwise

Anti-clockwise

13 Question
30 секунд назад
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A storm in _____ made Nike lose 5 shipping containers to the Pacific.


1990

2010

1779

14 Question
30 секунд назад
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Does any nation take responsibility for the Great Pacific Garbage Patch?


Yes

No

15 Question
30 секунд назад
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Trash-like plastic items usually live up to 1,000 years in landfills.


True

False