liiving green lesson #4
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SPELLING B
SPELLING BEASY2 pts
MIDDLE3pts
HARD5pts
For Six Points!
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For three points!
Green Materials.
Trees are being cut down for wood faster than they cam grow, and 25% of all this wood is used in buildings.
Trees are being cut down for wood faster than they cam grow, and 25% of all this wood is used in buildings.
Green Materials.
So to save forests, some green builders now use bamboo for floors instead of wood.
So to save forests, some green builders now use bamboo for floors instead of wood.
Green Materials.
Although Bamboo looks like wood, it’s actually a grass, not a tree, and it grows 20 times faster than most trees.
Although Bamboo looks like wood, it’s actually a grass, not a tree, and it grows 20 times faster than most trees.
Green Materials.
So after the bamboo is cut, it quickly grows back again.
So after the bamboo is cut, it quickly grows back again.
Green Materials.
Clearly, the more people use bamboo in building, the better our chances of saving the world’s forests are.
Clearly, the more people use bamboo in building, the better our chances of saving the world’s forests are.
Green Materials.
Many other parts of buildings can be made of recycled materials.
Many other parts of buildings can be made of recycled materials.
Green Materials.
At the Chicago Center for Green Technology, the ceiling tiles are made of newspaper.
At the Chicago Center for Green Technology, the ceiling tiles are made of newspaper.
Green Materials.
In the bathrooms, the floors are made if recycled glass, and the walls between the toilets are made of recycled plastic milk containers.
In the bathrooms, the floors are made if recycled glass, and the walls between the toilets are made of recycled plastic milk containers.
Comprehension Questions
Comprehension Questions
What kind of green materials can be used for green buildings? (p223)
Bamboo, newspaper, glass,and plastic milk containers can
be used for green buildings.
What kind of green materials can be used for green buildings? (p223)
Bamboo, newspaper, glass,and plastic milk containers can
be used for green buildings.
Vocabulary
Bamboo: A tropical tree like grass.
So to save forests, some green builders now use bamboo for floors instead of wood (p223)
Vocabulary
Recycled: A used object, used again.
Many other parts of buildings can be made of recycled materials. (p223)
Vocabulary
Ceiling: the overhead inside lining of a room.
At the Chicago Center for Green Technology, the ceiling tiles are made of newspaper. (p223)
Here are some famous ceilings from around the
world!
Vocabulary
Container: Something for holding goods.
The walls between the toilets are made of recycled plastic milk containers. (p223)
Vocabulary
Instead of: In place of. To save some forests, some green builders now use bamboo for floors instead of wood. (p223)
Vocabulary
Meet demand: To supply.
There isn’t enough fresh water to meet demand. (Top of p223)
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