8-1 Active Reading Skills Sheet

Solid waste from manufacturing includes

• crop wastes

• rocks

• minerals

• plastics

Waste from mining

• is biodegradable.

• is sometimes dumped in oceans or rivers.

• includes paper and plastics.

• is produced by consumers.

What portion of the solid waste produced in the United States is agricultural waste?

• 56%

• 20%

• 9%

• 90%

The verb degrade means "break down. The prefix bio- refers to living things. The suffix -able means "capable of." Use this information to define biodegradable.

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Agricultural waste may be easier to dispose of than other types of solid waste because agricultural waste

• can be broken down and returned to the soil.

• is often left exposed in large heaps.

• may be used to refill abandoned mines.

• makes up a small percentage of the total solid waste.

Manufacturing waste is different from mining waste in that manufacturing waste

• is processed and then purchased by consumers.

• is most difficult to dispose of.

• includes products created by human beings.

• is biodegradable.

How do consumers indirectly create manufacturing waste?

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The increasing use of which products may cause agricultural waste to become difficult to dispose of?

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How does the use of these products make agricultural waste more difficult to dispose of?

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