The Great Pacific Garbage Patch Is a Region of the North

question 36

Multiple Choice

The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is a region of the north central Pacific where a high concentration of confetti-like plastic particles swirl slowly around an area as large as the state of ____.

• A)Alaska
• B)Idaho
• C)Rhode Island
• D)Texas
• E)Pennsylvania

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