SPELLING B

SPELLING BEASY2 pts

MIDDLE3pts

HARD5pts

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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)