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SPELLING B
SPELLING BEASY2 pts
MIDDLE3pts
HARD5pts
For Six Points!
For Four Points!
For three points!
Green Materi-als.
Trees are being cut down for wood faster than they can grow, and 25% of all this wood is used in build-ings.
Trees are being cut down for wood faster than they can grow, and 25% of all this wood is used in build-ings.
Green Materi-als.
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 Materi-als.
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 Materi-als.
So after the bamboo is cut, it quickly grows back again.
So after the bamboo is cut, it quickly grows back again.
Green Materi-als.
Clearly, the more people use bamboo in building, the bet-ter our chances of saving the world’s forests are.
Clearly, the more people use bamboo in building, the bet-ter our chances of saving the world’s forests are.
Green Materi-als.
Many other parts of buildings can be made of recycled materials.
Many other parts of buildings can be made of recycled materials.
Green Materi-als.
At the Chicago Cen-ter for Green Tech-nology, the ceiling tiles are made of newspaper.
At the Chicago Cen-ter for Green Tech-nology, the ceiling tiles are made of newspaper.
Green Materi-als.
In the bathrooms, the floors are made of re-cycled glass, and the walls between the toi-lets are made of recy-cled plastic milk con-tainers.
In the bathrooms, the floors are made of re-cycled glass, and the walls between the toi-lets are made of recy-cled plastic milk con-tainers.
Comprehension Ques-tion
What kind of green materials can be
used for green buildings?
Bamboo, newspaper, glass,
and plastic milk con-tainers 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 recy-cled materials. (p223)
Vocabulary
Ceiling: the over-head inside lining
of a room. At the Chicago Cen-ter for Green Tech-nology, the ceiling tiles are made of newspaper. (p223)
Here are some famous ceil-ings from around the
world!
Vocabulary
Container: Some-thing for holding
goods. The walls between the toilets are made of recycled plastic milk con-tainers. (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 wa-ter to meet de-mand. (Top of p223)