Recycling

What is recycling?

• Turning trash into materials that can be used again.

• Getting rid of all trash.

• Throwing away trash.

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.10

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

If people do not recycle, what would happen to landfills?

• Landfills will get smaller.

• Landfills will get bigger.

• Nothing will happen.

Recycling...

• costs a lot of money.

• allows people to use items over and over again.

• does not help the planet.

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CCSS.RI.2.2

CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

What is the opposite of recycling?

• wasting

• saving

• conserving

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CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.RF.3.3A

CCSS.RF.3.3B

How does recycling cut down on water pollution?

• Recycling does not need water.

• Recycling adds clean water to the planet.

• Recycling lowers the amount of items that could pollute the water.

Based on this passage, you can guess that...

• Soon, people will no longer need to recycle.

• Recycling can be bad for the planet.

• The Earth benefits from recycling.

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.1

CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.6.1