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The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is also known as the __________.

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Trash Island

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Dump Patch

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Garbage Island

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Dump Island

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The correct option is A Trash Island
The Great Pacific Garbage Patch, also known as Trash Island, is a floating patch composed of plastic and other particles. The patch is believed to have increased "10-fold each decade" since 1945.

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Q. Consider the following statements:
i) Great Pacific Garbage patch is a gyre of marine debris in the central North pacific ocean.
ii) Patch is characterized by exceptionally high concentrations of pelagic plastics, chemical sludge and other debris that have been trapped by the currents of the north pacific gyre
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