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Tuesday 20 October 2020

Devontae reading

 1, 5 find words you are unfamiliar with - guess what they mean then 

  • Find the definition


  1. Synthetic, (of a substance) made by chemical synthesis, especially to imitate a natural 

            Product.


 2.Atom, the smallest particle of a chemical element that can exist.


3.Terephthalate, a salt or ester of terephthalic acid especially : a dimethyl-ester that is a major starting material for polyester fibers and coatings.


4.Polyethylene, couldn’t find the definition of this word. 


5.Developed, advanced or elaborated to a specified degree.




1.Can you identify what the environmental issues are?

The issues is this article Is that there is a lot of plastic around the world and that it is killing our marine life and wildlife, it's also polluting our air, it was saying that all the plastics that is used turns into microfibre plastic then  it is made into plastic bottles, 




2.What are the solutions offered in this text?

Year 10 students at Dunedin’s Kavanagh College found a way to recycle what was left over after the local brewery brewed their beer. 


The Grain Brain food science team used the brewery’s waste malt and combined it with old issues of the Otago Daily Times to make biodegradable planter pots. 


Come up with 4-5 questions: what would you like to know more information about.

  1. Why is plastic so important to this world ?

  2. Why is there so much plastic waste?

  3. Why do people use plastic when they can use glass?

  4. Why is plastic being used around the world?









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