Title:
Plastic, ahoy! : investigating the great Pacific garbage patch
Author:
ISBN:
9781467712835
Physical Description:
48 pages : color illustrations ; 24 x 28 cm
General Note:
Includes index.
Contents:
Permission to come aboard, Captain? -- Garbage, here we come! -- Braving the gyre -- Miriam's hitchhikers -- Darcy follows phytoplankton -- Chelsea's plastic puzzle -- Charting the answers.
Summary:
A team of scientists explore the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, where millions of pieces of plastic have gathered, having drifted there from rivers, beaches, and ocean traffic all over the world.
Lexile:
900L
Accelerated Reader:
Accelerated Reader AR MG 6.1 1.0 164144.
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