PLASTIC
What happens to plastic waste when left in the environment?
It never fully goes away, it just breaks into little pieces.
Who directed the 1987 film Full Metal Jacket?
Stanley Kubrick
Two common additives to paper are?
sizing and coloring matter
How many different categories of glass exist?
3.
Why is plastic dangerous for marine life?
They mistake it for food and cannot digest it.
Plumbers derive their name from the Latin name for which metal?
Lead.
How much water is in paper before the final papermaking step of pressing?
90%.
Glass is a mixture of...
Metallic silicates
How many million tons of plastic are dumped in our oceans every year?
8 million tons
Which metal is liquid at room temperature?
Mercury.
What creatures first produced paper?
Wasps.
What changes are observed when the glass is heated?
It becomes softer
How many marine species are harmed by plastic pollution?
693
Haematite is a common ore of which metal?
Iron.
Most paper is made from?
Wood cellulose.
Which of the following is not a process involved in glass production?
Extrusion
What percent of its plastic does the U.S. recycle?
9%.
Which of the following metals is the heaviest Gold, Iron, Lead or Uranium?
Uranium.
How many paper documents are in the U.S.?
Currently, there are over 4 trillion paper docuemnts in the U.S..
Glasses show evidence of which fractures?
Brittle