Reading 1 Vocabulary
Found or discovered
Detected
Discard
Why are microplastics more dangerous than other types of trash formed in the ocean?
Humans eat fish that have eaten microplastics, so humans are exposed to toxicity.
How is Boyan Slat's proposal different from other people's proposals to use boats and nets to clean up the ocean?
____ waste in an urgent problem that must be solved as soon as possible.
a. toxic
b. debris
c. ban
a. Toxic
Litter or trash
Debris
Possible or reasonable
Feasible
What is the best way to describe the Great Pacific Garbage Patch?
A mixture of many small pieces of plastic, many of which we cannot see.
How much of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch does Slat think he will clean up in 5 years?
50 percent
It is very difficult to avoid ______ plastic, because it is all around us.
a. consuming
b. banning
c. ambitious
a. consuming
Found in every part of something
Pervasive
To present a possible solution to a problem
Propose
What causes large pieces of plastic to break into smaller pieces?
What is one positive aspect of the prevention model?
It prevents by changing the system that created the problem.
Microplastics have been _____ high up in the food chain.
a. pervasive
b. detected
c. estimated
b. detected
Described or shown as something
Portrayed
Motivated, with a strong desire to succeed
Ambitious
What has been an effective tool for combatting the plastics problem?
encouraging government policies that limit use of plastics
What is one negative aspect of the clean up model?
Takes a lot of work and money
Still a prototype-hasn't been proven
Doesn't stop the problem
Takes away from prevention
Scientists _____ that environmental problems are going to get worse.
a. accumulate
b. consume
c. hypothesize
c. hypothesize
To make an assumption or explanation based on limited research
Hypothesize
The ability for something to work successfully
Viability
What has been a major challenge in the fight against plastics?
Many people's lack of interest in trying to help the environment
Eriksen refers to his proposal as a prevention model. What does he mean by this?
His proposal prevents or stops the problem from happening in the first place
Many dangerous chemicals are both powerful and ____. They can be found in almost every major ecosystem on earth.
a. feasible
b. estimate
c. pervasive
c. pervasive