Trash Vortex Chapter 2

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Across
  1. 2. rubber, glass, and ceramics were used before this material was invented
  2. 3. state where Charles Moore found rock & sand fused together by plastic
  3. 5. plastic was in the flag that this astronaut placed on the moon
  4. 6. the year the __________ Clean Water Act was enacted
  5. 9. unique items that Baekland's plastic was used to make
  6. 11. plastic washes ashore on these
Down
  1. 1. Patricia Cororan termed the rock & sand fused together, this
  2. 2. after World War 2 (WWII)these items made of plastic remained in the oceans
  3. 4. plastic was this; the opposite of expensive
  4. 7. Moore's plastic discovery traveled from Asia and this country
  5. 8. Life magazine title, "Disposable Items Cut Down on Household________"
  6. 10. state where the river caught on fire because of the plastic & chemicals floating on the top
  7. 11. Leo Baekland used these animals to lead to the creation of plastic