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According to the text, what is a way to help Earth?
Recycling
What is the meaning of recycling?
making trash into something we can use again
What is the main idea of the whole passage?
a. How to turn plastic bottles into benches
b. How recycling helps the Earth
b. How recycling helps the Earth
What are 2 materials that can be recycled?
Paper
Metal
Aluminum
Glass
Plastic
What is a landfill?
a. a place for metal and plastic
b. a trash dump
c. a piece of land filled with pizza
b. a trash dump
What is the main idea of paragraph 2?
a. Recycling helps by saving space in landfills
b. Plastic can be recycled
c. Landfills are big
a. Recycling helps by saving space in landfills
Why is plastic called "wood" of the future?
It lasts a very long time and can last through harsh weather.
What is a synonym for trash?
garbage
What is the main idea of paragraph 3?
a. How paper is recycled
b. How aluminum is recycled
c. How glass is recycled
d. How all different materials can be recycled
d. How all different materials can be recycled
How do steel and aluminum cans get recycled?
Cans get melted down and made into new cans.
Look at paragraph 3. It says "Recycling doesn't take as much energy as making these things the first time. So we can use less of Earth's fuel resources."
What do you think fuel resources are?
a. Things that give energy to make things
b. Plastic bottles
a. Things that give energy to make things
What is the main idea of paragraph 4?
a. Plastic lasts for 400 years
b. Cans can get recycled
c. Benches at parks at nice to sit on
d. How recycled plastic can be useful
d. How recycled plastic can be useful
What are some things plastic can be formed into?
Park benches
Fences
Playgrounds
Lumber
Look at paragraph 4. It says "Then it can be formed into park benches, fences, playgrounds, and lumber."
What is the meaning of "formed"?
a. thrown out
b. made into
c. twisted around
d. baking a pie
b. made into
Does the title of this passage tell you the main idea?
No, it just tells a detail about recycling.