Plastic Basics
What is the main ingredient in most plastics?
What is Petroleum?
What are microplastics?
What are plastic particles smaller than 5 millimeters?
What kind of animal often mistakes plastic for food in the ocean?
What is a sea turtle?
What decade was plastic mass-produced for the first time?
What is the 1940s?
What type of plastic is designed to be reused multiple times, such as in refillable water bottles?
What is durable or reusable plastic?
What does the term "polymer" mean in chemistry?
What is a large molecule made up of repeating subunits?
Where are microplastics commonly found in nature?
What are oceans and freshwater systems?
True or False: Microplastics have been found in human blood.
What is true?
What war greatly increased plastic production and innovation?
What is World War II?
What is the term for packaging made from mushrooms, seaweed, or other natural materials?
What is biodegradable or compostable packaging?
Name the plastic commonly used in water bottles.
What is PET (polyethylene terephthalate)?
Name a common source of microplastics in household laundry.
What are synthetic fibers from clothes?
What is the term for the harmful buildup of plastics in the food chain?
What is bioaccumulation?
What synthetic polymer was invented in 1935 and used in stockings and parachutes?
What is nylon?
Which country was the first to ban plastic bags nationwide in 2002?
What is Bangladesh?
What plastic is known for its flexibility and use in plastic bags?
What is LDPE (low-density polyethylene)?
Microbeads, once used in face scrubs, are an example of what type of microplastic?
What are primary microplastics?
Which ocean has a large plastic patch sometimes called a “garbage patch”?
What is the Pacific Ocean?
What popular plastic product, introduced in the 1950s, revolutionized food storage?
What is Tupperware?
What home-based system can help break down biodegradable plastic and food waste together?
What is composting?
What chemical process is used to create synthetic polymers?
What is polymerization?
What process breaks down larger plastic into microplastics over time?
What is photodegradation?
Name one way microplastics affect marine life behavior.
What is reduced feeding, reproduction, or movement?
What early plastic was made from cellulose and used in film and combs?
What is celluloid?
What is a key reason bioplastics are not always a perfect solution to plastic pollution?
What is they may still require industrial composting or compete with food crops?