Trashing Our Planet Newspaper Article

 

Great Pacific Garbage Patch

The great pacific garbage patch(s) are large clusters of garbage collected over time. It has been estimated that 80,000 tonnes of garbage are a part of the large clusters, as well as more than 5.9 trillion pieces in our oceans. This is due to the dumping of trash over time from both lands and from boats.  Because of this marine life has been suffering due to mistaking plastic/garbage for food.

1. Plankton
   Plankton is a large collection of organisms found in both water and air.
   
   

2. Plastic Particles
   Plastic Particles are plastic that has been broken up.
   
   

3. Plastic Soup
   Is just pollution in the ocean but only the plastic.
   
   

4. Fragments
   Plastic that has been broken down into small pieces
   
   

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1. Accumulate
   Accumulate means to gather together or build up.
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2. Synthetic
   Fibre made from dead organisms.
   
   

3. Petroleum
   It is a fossil fuel, and it is found beneath the earth.
   
   

4. Ingested
   Taking food into the body and absorbing it.

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1. Pacific Ocean
   The north pacific ocean is the largest and deepest. It extends from the arctic ocean in the north to the southern ocean in the south.
   
   

2. North Pacific Gyre
   The north pacific gyre is a current that wraps in a circle, ultimately trapping things that are floating around inside of it
   
   

3. Pollutants
   This is rubbish, plastic, particles, or substances that pollutant the water or air.
   
   

4. Nurdles
   A small plastic pellet serves as raw material in the manufacturing of plastic products.
   
   

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