Question

analyze the text below and highlight the negative impacts of plastic on natural ecosystems.
ocean conservancy is an organization that works to protect the ocean environment. each year, they run a beach clean - up and volunteers around the world use an app to report the types of waste they collect.
in 2017, over 20 million pieces of rubbish were collected! all of the top ten items either were completely plastic or contained plastic. plastic is cheap and lightweight. alternatives like glass are much heavier and more expensive to produce. plastic does not decompose and only breaks apart into smaller and smaller pieces. most of the plastic that has been produced on earth still exists in some form today and a lot of it can be found on our beaches. some plastics contain toxic substances that might contaminate the environment or even impact human health.
describe the main ideas in the passage using dot point notes.
note - taking tip
use dot points
in cornell note - taking, you’ll use dot points and headings to record information in the notes column. to make dot points, shorten your ideas into your own words rather than copying out full sentences to help you learn.
to make your notes easier to read later, you can indent your dot points to group related information and use headings to flag new sections of ideas.
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Explanation:

First, identify the core elements of the passage: the organization's work, the 2017 cleanup data, plastic's properties, and its negative environmental impacts. Then, condense each into concise dot points in own words, grouping related ideas.

Answer:

• Ocean Conservancy protects oceans; runs annual beach cleanups, with global volunteers using an app to report collected waste types
• 2017 cleanup collected over 20 million pieces of rubbish; top 10 items were all plastic or plastic-containing
• Plastic is cheap/lightweight, unlike heavier, costlier alternatives like glass
• Plastic does not decompose, only breaks into tiny pieces; most plastic ever made still exists in some form, often on beaches
• Some plastics have toxic substances that can contaminate environments and affect human health