The Great Pacific Garbage Patch

THE GREAT PACIFIC GARBAGE PATCH

On the surface

1. What is another name for the Great Pacific Garbage Patch? The other name for the Great Pacific Garbage Patch is the 'Pacific Trash Vortex'. 

2. How long does it take for debris from the east cost of Asia to reach the Great Pacific Garbage Patch gyre? It takes a year or less for debris from the east cost of Asia to reach the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.

3. Why is it impossible to detect the size of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch? It is impossible to detect the size of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch because it consists of very small pieces, almost invisible to the naked eye, and most surface of its contents are suspended beneath the surface of the ocean.

4. Where is a similar patch of floating plastic debris found? A similar patch of floating plastic debris is found in the Atlantic Ocean.

5. Name the two marine animals this passage specifically mentions as being affected by the Great Pacific Garbage Patch? The two marine animals this passage specifically mentions as being affected by the Great Pacific Garbage Patch was 'Laysan' and 'Albatrosses'.

6. How much plastic debris washes up on Midway Atoll every year? There are 20 tonnes of plastic debris washes up on Midway Atoll every year.

Hidden depths

1. Find a map of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.

Rachel Hunter

Rachel Hunter 

Rachel Hunter’s Early Life
Rachel was born on September 9, 1969, in Glenfield, Auckland, New Zealand to Wayne Hunter and his wife Janeen Hunter. She has a sister named Jacqui Hunter.At young age Rachel dreamt of becoming ballet dancer but her ambitions were curtailed after she was diagnosed with a rare blood disease.When she was 15 her parents split up and later got divorced. A year later she was spotted by a local photographer and invited to New York to become a model. In New York she signed a contract for the”Ford Models” agency landing the Cover Girl cosmetics contract and becoming the spokesperson for the company.

Rachel Hunter’s Work
Rachel is a Model and a Actress.Hunter began her career at age 17 modeling in Australia and New Zealand appearing in Australian Vogue Harper's Bazaar and for various campaigns throughout New Zealand and Australia. She was quickly snapped up by Ford Models and immediately embarked on a successful career landing the Cover Girl cosmetics contract and becoming the spokesperson for the company,Hunter rose to global prominence after posing as a Sports Illustrated model in 1989.She subsequently appeared on magazine covers including Cosmopolitan and on the 1994 Dream Team cover of Sports Illustrated's annual swimsuit issue. Hunter won fame for her stellar career as an international supermodel starting in the late 1980s. Her onscreen work has grown through the years with a range of television roles, from ice cream adverts to travel,talent and beauty shows and a long list of acting credits ranging from thrillers to acclaimed dramas.Hunter first appeared on television in the 1980s in an advertisement for Tip Top's Trumpet ice-cream.

Hunter guest starred in a 1997 episode of The Drew Carey Show as herself. She has appeared in several independent films including 1999's A Walk in the Park and 2000's Two Shades of Blue an erotic thriller with Marlee Matlin.[10] She stars as a lesbian cook doling out relationship advice in the  award-winning indie film La Cucina. She had a brief appearance as a sexy soccer mom in Dennis Dugan's The Benchwarmers (2006) and also played a sultry bikini-clad mother in the music video for Fountains of Wayne's 2003 song Stacy's Mom.