What is this article mostly about?
how Julia is using seaweed to help Earth
how plastic breaks down in the ocean
What did Julia do when she was a little girl?
She picked up plastic in the ocean.
She played with seaweed.
Which of these is a type of stringy seaweed?
kelp
hermit
Look at the sidebar on page 3. What information does it tell you?
Seaweed is found in a lot of places.
Seaweed helps Earth in different ways.
How is seaweed better than plastic?
Seaweed breaks down in the ocean faster than plastic.
Seaweed bags can hold more things than plastic bags.
What is kelp?
a type of seaweed
a type of ocean
When you replace something, you ____________.
use it a lot
use something else instead
Which of these is an example that shows plastic is a kind of material?
Plastic ends up in the ocean.
Plastic is used to make other things.
Anything that is used to build or make something is called a __________.
material
building block
True or false. When you replace something, a new item takes its place.
false
true
How often should you replace your old toothbrush?
every year
every 3 months
True or false. Kelp is long and stringy.
false
true
What is one thing Julia liked to do at the beach?
make seaweed bags
play in the tide pool
What happens to plastic when it is in the ocean?
Animals can eat it by accident and get sick.
It can be reused by the dolphins.
True or false. Julia's company makes bags and wrappers out of seaweed.
true
false
How are seaweed wrappers different from plastic wrappers?
They are bigger.
They break down naturally.
