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Describing situations of cause and effect
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Reciclyng
When you throw things into the garbage, that 1) ________ is taken
to a garbage dump and it is usually
buried
underground. It is buried
so it will 2)__________. What is
de-com-pose
? Have you ever
seen an old piece of fruit slowly rot and shrink over many days? It
is decomposing. Decompose means to 3)_________ into parts and
over many years most garbage will disappear completely. That is
why we bury garbage in the ground. The problem is some things we throw away take a long
time to decompose and that means we could run out oF place 4)__________ to leave
all the
garbage. Then what? You will have to keep the garbage in your house! (Likely under your
bed if it’s not already full). Well, hopefully that won’t happen because there is something
you can do. You can 5) ___________! What does that mean? The prefx “re” means “do
again” and “cycle”, just like in bi-cycle, is something that goes around again and again. If
you take something old that can be used again and make it new, you are recycling.
Lots
of things can be recycled. Soda cans are made from 6) _________, a soft, lightweight
metal, it takes about 100 years for the aluminum to decompose. So when you throw an
aluminum can into the garbage you are hurting the 7) _________, but guess what? You’re
also wasting money. Old aluminum cans can be melted and made into brand new cans.
Did you know paper can be recycled? Maybe the paper you are using right now was once
used by a student in another school. Paper is made from trees, so every time you put paper
into the garbage, not only are you flling up the Earth with garbage, but even worse, you
are 8)_________ trees. Did you know one plastic garbage bag can take 10-20 years to
decompose? Don’t throw garbage bags away, recycle them! Anything made from plastic
can be recycled, especially the water and juice bottles we all use every day. Not just plastic
bottles, but glass 9) _________can be melted and used again too. Making new things from
recycled ones takes less money, less energy, and less of the Earth’s natural resources like
water and trees. Less energy means less 10) _______ (harmful dirt) into the air. You can
recycle at home by separating your cans, paper, plastics and bottles.
Available at: http://goinggreeny.com/Green_Guide/Education_Teaching.php http://
goinggreeny.com/Worksheets/Recycling.htm.
Read on February 16th,
2014.
wasting
garbage
Earth
underground
bottles
pollution
aluminum
decompose
recycle
separate
Check your answers in the Answer Key.
Buried:
Something put
into the ground and
covered.