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.

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?

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

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