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Practice Listening: Multiple Choice, Multiple Answers ID: #35023 Short Plastic Pollution

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There are at least five hotspots of floating plastic in the global ocean. These are gyres, where circulating currents trap debris. This one — the so-called Great Pacific Garbage Patch — is the largest, with almost 80,000 tonnes distributed over 600,000 square miles. The scientists teamed up with a charity that collects old fishing gear and other litter from the ocean, and gathered hundreds of plastic items to study in the lab. They found plants and animals, including anemones, tiny marine bugs, molluscs, and crabs on 90% of the debris they examined. As well as creating a semi-permanent floating habitat for coastal species in the open ocean, the researchers say all this plastic could be providing invasive species with rafts that allow them to cross the Pacific. This, they say, is yet another unintended consequence of plastic pollution for the ocean.

According to the speaker, which of the statements below are true?

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Scientists collected the plastic attaching at the bottom of the ship. Ocean circulation will gather plastic in the sea. Only plants were found on the debris. Plastic can provide space for invasive species, which allows them to invade. Scientists gathered plastic items on their own.

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Option 2: "Ocean circulation will gather plastic in the sea."

Explanation: The text describes gyres, where circulating currents trap debris, indicating that ocean circulation indeed gathers plastic in the sea. This aligns with the main idea of how plastic accumulates in certain areas of the ocean.

Option 1: "Scientists collected the plastic attaching at the bottom of the ship."

Explanation: The text does not mention anything about scientists collecting plastic from the bottom of the ship. Instead, it states that they teamed up with a charity to collect old fishing gear and other litter from the ocean. Therefore, this option is not supported by the text.

Option 3: "Only plants were found on the debris."

Explanation: This statement is incorrect because the text specifies that scientists found not only plants but also animals, including anemones, marine bugs, molluscs, and crabs on 90% of the debris examined. Thus, the option is misleading.

Option 4: "Plastic can provide space for invasive species, which allows them to invade."

Explanation: The text states that the plastic could be providing invasive species with rafts that allow them to cross the Pacific. This directly supports the idea that plastic creates opportunities for invasive species to invade new areas, making this option correct.

Option 5: "Scientists gathered plastic items on their own."

Explanation: This option is incorrect because the text clearly states that the scientists teamed up with a charity to collect plastic items, indicating they did not do it alone. Therefore, this statement does not accurately reflect the information provided.

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