5T Microwhat? p. 134

• Engels
• Secundair onderwijs

What do you think the video will be about?

Put the sentences in your course on p. 135 in the correct order.

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Watch the video again and decide whether the following statements are true or false.

You only have 10 sec to answer each question!

Microplastics can be formed from clothes in the washing machine.

1. True
2. False

An average bottle of face scrub contains about half a million microplastics.

1. True
2. False

Microplastics make up 75% of the total amount of plastic in our environment.

1. True
2. False

Dangerous chemicals from plastic are also a threat to humans.

1. True
2. False

Most of the microplastics are filtered out in water treatment plants.

1. True
2. False

In Australia supermarkets don't sell products containing microplastics from 1 January 2018 onwards.

1. True
2. False

Match the verbs with their correct explanation.

1. to put or lay somebody/something down in a particular place.

1. to abrade
2. to deposit
3. to dissolve
4. to degrade

Match the verbs with their correct explanation.

2. to change or make something change to a simpler chemical form

1. to abrade
2. to deposit
3. to dissolve
4. to degrade

Match the verbs with their correct explanation.

3. to rub the surface of something

1. to abrade
2. to deposit
3. to dissolve
4. to degrade

Match the verbs with their correct explanation.

4. to mix with a liquid and become part of it

1. to abrade
2. to deposit
3. to dissolve
4. to degrade

Which important word from
the text is represented?

Which important word from
the text is represented?

Which important word from
the text is represented?