Home Quiz Great Pacific Garbage Patch!
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1 Question
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The Great Pacific Garbage Patch was discovered in _____.

1990

1997

2001
2 Question
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Q.

An alternative name for the Great Pacific Garbage Patch is _________.

Pacific Specimen

Pacific Garland

Pacific Trash Vortex
3 Question
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Q.

A racing boat captain who discovered the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.

Charles Moore

Edwin Oliver

Benedict Ted
4 Question
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Q.

The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is located in the ______ Pacific Ocean.

North

South
5 Question
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Q.

There are _______ gyres in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.

Four

Five

Seven
6 Question
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Q.

How many currents make up the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre?

One

Three

Four
7 Question
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Q.

________ are the majority of the debris in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.

Thermocol

Plastics

Glass
8 Question
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Q.

Plastic can ________ enter the food chain.

Directly

Indirectly
9 Question
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Q.

Sea turtles and black-footed albatross directly suffer from ________.

Carcinoid syndrome

Marine debris

Benign 
10 Question
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Q.

The "garbage patch" is not really a trash island.

True

False
11 Question
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Q.

________ barred by marine debris affects more than one community.

Wind

Automobile

Sunlight
12 Question
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Four currents of North Pacific Subtropical Gyre move in a _______ direction.

Clockwise

Anti-clockwise
13 Question
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Q.

A storm in _____ made Nike lose 5 shipping containers to the Pacific.

1990

2010

1779
14 Question
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Q.

Does any nation take responsibility for the Great Pacific Garbage Patch?

Yes

No
15 Question
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Trash-like plastic items usually live up to 1,000 years in landfills.

True

False