Compile a list of all the plastic items you used and threw away this week. Was it more than you expected? How can you reduce the number of items on the list?

What will be an ideal response?


Plastic items are likely to include plastic bags (shopping and produce), water and soda bottles, shampoo and liquid soap/detergent containers, shrink wrap and other packaging material, and disposable pens, razors, and so on.
Plastic bags can be reused, as can water bottles. Shampoo and liquid soaps/detergents can be purchased in larger containers, and reusable pens and razors can be purchased. Rather than accepting a plastic bag to hold your purchases, a canvas bag could be used.

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Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)

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Cone-shaped deposits of sediment often found at mouth of canyons in arid and semiarid climates are called

A) deposition. B) clastics. C) deltas. D) alluvial fans.

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Determine if the phrase in bold applies to only volcanic rocks, only plutonic rocks, both types of rocks or niether type of rock.  Have texture

A. Both volcanic and plutonic igneous rocks B. Only plutonic igneous rocks C. Only volcanic igneous rocks D. Neither volcanic or plutonic igneous rocks

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The family of languages known as the Indo-European family contains languages spoken by approximately ________ of the world population

A) 25% B) 30% C) 50% D) 70%

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