How to Protect the Earth

How to Protect the Earth
By Connor R Sullivan

I. The earth is not an indestructible resource, though that is what many people believe. There are many things that humans do on earth that make it harder for other life to survive. Whether people are trashing instead of recycling or using a Chelsea landscaper to fix a backyard, there are obviously other ways to do these things that are safer for the environment. Chelsea landscaping and other landscaping in general can take its toll on the earth and should be avoided at all costs. However, there are many cost effective ways for you to improve the environment in your area.

II. One way to help out Mother Nature is to recycle as much as possible and as many types of things as possible. You can get recycling cans easily and make it a habit of recycling your bottles and cardboard boxes. This is not only great for the environment, but it also can help save you some money. Some places charge money for you to put your trash cans out on the street and you have to pay for the stickers that go on the outside. However, they do not charge for recycling cans. Therefore, if you recycle more of the things you throw away, you will not have to buy as many stickers

III. Likewise, picking up the trash that other people get rid of in unsavory ways will help the earth stay clean. Even if you did not throw something out of your car, it helps to clean it up anyway. Getting a group together can make the job a lot more fun too. Have an environment party and hand out bags for everyone to take and walk around your town or along the highway to pick up trash. Your town will thank you and you'll feel better about where you live too.

IV. Lastly, try to improve your carbon footprint. Carbon feet prints are determined by how much you pollute the environment. Using certain hairsprays and driving everywhere can increase your footprint. Likewise, riding your bike to short destinations and not using plastic bags at grocery stores can decrease your footprint. Obviously, you want to decrease your footprint so that your generation and the generations after yours can survive. Start bringing cloth bags to stores with you instead of using the plastic ones they give you and wear organic clothes to make your footprint even smaller.

V. In the end, it is easy to make the world a better place, literally. By paying attention to the things you do and the products you buy, you can make an extreme impact on the world. If everyone followed these simple tips, the world would be a cleaner, nicer place to live and would last a whole lot longer. Hopefully, the general population wakes up to the problems going on around them and does something about them before it is too late to save the things we should cherish the most. Everyone needs to do their part to keep the earth beautiful and taken care of for years to come.

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Read the above article and answer the following questions.

1. How does the author feel about Chelsea landscaping and other landscaping in general?

a. He feels that they are great for the environment.
b. He feels that they are safe for the enviroment.
c. He feels that they are not good for the environment.
d. He feels that they make life easier for human beings.

2. Based on paragraph II, what are some of the benefits of recycling?

a. It allows you to buy as many bottles as you want.
b. It allows you to collect more stickers.
c. It is great for shop owners because they can charge you more.
d. It is environmentally friendly and can help you save money.

3. What is paragraph III mainly about?
a. Keeping our neighborhood a more pleasant place to live by helping to clean it up
b. Forming a group to collect donation from people who are concerned about the environment
c. Getting rid of your own trash properly
d. Ignoring other people's trash because everyone is supposed to get rid of their own garbage

4. What are some of the ways recommended by the author to decrease our carbon footprint?
a. Use more plastic bags and get rid of them when you don't need them
b. Use bicycle more and drive less
c. Drive everywhere and insist that grocery stores give you plastic bags when you
shop with them
d. Avoid organic clothes and cloth bags

5. According to paragraph V, what can a person do to help make this world a better place?
a. Pay attention to what you do and the products you buy
b. Ignore the problems around you
c. Treat environmental problems as things that do not concern you
d. Sit back and relax because you are not the only one responsible for the earth

Guessing word meanings from context


1. What does 'takes its toll on' (paragraph I) mean?

2. What does 'unsavory' (paragraph III) mean?

3. What does 'determined' (para.IV) mean?

Identifying reference terms

1. What does the word 'it' (para. II) refer to?

2. What does the word 'them' (para.V) refer to?


(Answers to the above questions are available from the comment section below.)