What is Glitter?
Most glitter is made from this material, which is also used in water bottles and toothbrushes.
What is Plastic?
Glitter that gets washed away often ends up in these bodies of water.
What are lakes, rivers, and oceans?
After being washed down the sink, glitter travels through this system.
What are pipes/sewers?
The article suggests using this type of glitter made from plants as an eco-friendlier option.
What is biodegradable glitter?
This scientist, who once loved glitter, now studies how it harms ecosystems.
Who is Dannielle Green?
Scientists call glitter a “micro-___” because of its tiny size.
What is Microplastic?
Because glitter is so small, it can pass through these systems meant to trap waste.
What are sewer filters or treatment systems?
Because glitter is so tiny, it can slip through these devices meant to trap waste in a treatment plant.
What are filters?
To reduce glitter entering drains, you should clean up specks and throw them in this.
What is a trash bag / bin?
The author of the article is this person.
Who is Alice Sun?
Glitter pieces smaller than this measurement (in mm) are considered microplastics.
What is 5 millimeters?
Tiny water animals like fish and shrimp may eat glitter, which can harm their ___.
What is their health or bodies / internal systems?
After passing through filters, glitter ends up in this watery environment.
What is the ocean? / What are rivers or streams?
One alternative to glitter is to use these small shiny glass pieces instead of plastic.
What are glass beads?
This type of scientist studies how living and nonliving things interact — including how glitter affects nature.
What is an ecologist?
The sparkle and color of glitter depends on these two factors in how it’s made.
What are coating and cut size / processing?
The article says microplastics may remain in the environment for this many years or more.
What is hundreds of years?
The article illustrates that glitter may end up inside small creatures, and in turn, those little creatures get eaten by bigger creatures, which could affect the many levels of a food ______.
What is a food chain?
Another suggested alternative is to color this material and use it like glitter.
What is sand?
The person who discovered glitter’s sparkle came from scraps noticed by the inventor, a ___.
Who was a cattle rancher? (Henry Ruschmann)
Modern glitter is still produced by grinding up sheets of this.
What are plastic sheets / film?
Glitter makes up only a small part of plastic pollution, but the article says our choices can still make a ___.
What is a difference / change?
Once in waterways, glitter affects ecosystems beyond just small animals — it can eventually affect ___.
What are humans?
The article advises making a claim using evidence about how glitter affects this part of science.
What is the environment? (or environmental impact)
The article mentions engineers working to develop this kind of glitter that won’t harm the environment.
What are biodegradable (or eco-friendly) glitter engineers?