Great Garbage patch Video notes ( plastics in the pacific)
in the us only ___ % of plastics are recycled
7%
much of the garbage floats just _____________ _____________ ____________
few feet below surface of the water
Because of the amount of trash there , the pacific Gyre is also called the _________ ________ _______ ________
great pacific garbage patch
of the garbage found in the ocean, up to 80% comes from ____________________
land based sources
The great garbage patch is estemated to be twice the size of __________
plankton
when the 5 currents off of California meet , they create the _________ _________ __________
slow swilling vortex
plastics are caught in two ocean movements _________ and _________
tides and currents
most of the plastic is broken into ____________ ,_______________
tiny , pieces