Jellyfish or Plastic Bag?

What is one way a plastic bag can get into the ocean?

“LOOK IN -- "Choice 1: Throw It On The Ground”

• Rain can wash it into a river.

• It gets thrown into a landfill.

• It gets recycled.

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What happens to a plastic bag if it goes to a landfill?

LOOK in “Choice 2: Put It in the Trash”

• The wind blows it into the street.

• A garbage truck picks it up.

• It stays there for a long, long time.

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What do factories do with recycled plastic bags?

LOOK in “Choice 3: Recycle It”

• They send it to a landfill.

• Make them into something new.

• They put them in the trash.

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What can you do to help make less trash?

LOOK IN “Choice 4: Don’t Take a Plastic Bag!”

• Bring your own cloth bag.

• Bring your own plastic bag.

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A landfill is a big area for ______________ .

LOOK IN "Choice 2: Put it in the Trash"

• plastic

• animals

• trash

• plastic bags

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When something decomposes, what does it do?

LOOK IN "Choice 2: Put it in the Trash"

• travels to the ocean

• breaks down over time

• gets turned into a sweater

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Which of these items decomposes fastest?

Look In: "Choice 2: Put it in the Trash"

• apple

• plastic bag

If you recycle something, it will be ______ .

Look In :"Choice 3: Recycle It"

• made into something new

• taken to a landfill

• washed into a storm drain

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What is this article mostly about?

• animals that eat plastic bags

• what happens to plastic bags after you use them

• things that are made using plastic bags

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Why do sea turtles eat plastic bags?

Look on the FRONT COVER.

• Plastic bags are a sea turtle's favorite food.

• Sea turtles hunt plastic bags.

• Sea turtles think plastic bags are jelly fish.

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