Complete with the best word(s) from the box.

biodegradable garbage oil spill overfishing pollution resources

Example: We must protect our natural resources.

2. Plastic is not ________________________. It does not disappear with time.

3. When oil escapes from a ship, it is called a(n) ________________________.

4. Examples of ________________________ include empty bottles and boxes, and old

newspapers.

5. When there is ________________________, there aren't enough fish to reproduce.

6. Plastic garbage and oil spills are examples of ________________________.

Choose the best answer.

____ 7. You _______ throw garbage in the ocean. Garbage hurts the fish.
a. have to b. can't

____ 8. We _______ keep our school clean. It is important for the school to look nice.
a. must b. can't

____ 9. _______ leave food on the beach.

a. Must b. Don't

____ 10. I _______ help with chores at home. I wash the dishes every day.
a. have to b. don't

____ 11. You _______ swim on this beach. There's too much pollution.
a. have to b. can't

Complete the sentences. Use will or won't.

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

Visit Help Bake a cake Weed the Go to Go to the
relatives mother garden the museum
clean the movies
house

Example: Jennifer will go to the movies with her mother on Friday night.
 12. Jennifer ________ go to the museum on Monday.

13. Jennifer ________ help her mother clean the house on Tuesday.

14. Jennifer ________ bake a cake on Wednesday.

15. Jennifer ________ weed the garden on Sunday.

16. Jennifer ________ help her mother clean the house on Saturday.

17. Jennifer ________ visit relatives on Thursday.

Complete with the best word from the box.

can't don't don't must will won't

Example: Don't leave garbage on the beach.

18. You ________ eat in the library. Take your food outside.

19. If there is a lot of pollution in the future, we ________ have healthy air and water.

20. ________ leave garbage in the classroom.

21. If there is overfishing, fish ________ disappear.

22. We ________ protect the oceans.

Write T for True or F for False.

Colorful Coral
When you first see corals, you may think they are colorful underwater gardens. But corals
are animals, not plants. Corals are made up of many small individual animals. Most corals
live together in huge groups called colonies. As old generations die, new ones grow on top.
Some corals are millions of years old. The coral reefs are home to many kinds of fish and
other living things.

____ 23. Corals are colorful.

____ 24. Corals are plants.

____ 25. Most corals live alone.

____ 26. Corals are home to many kinds of fish.

Read and choose the best answer.

Overfishing
 There are a lot of fish in the ocean, but there are also a lot of fishing companies
catching those fish. Fishing companies catch more than 90 million tons of seafood a year.
This overfishing means there are not enough fish to reproduce. Overfishing was a problem in
the past, too. A long time ago, fishing for whales was very popular. Fishing companies
wanted the whales for whale oil, which was used to make soap and to light lamps. Fishing
boats caught so many whales that some types of whale almost disappeared. One type of
whale that almost disappeared is the blue whale. These amazing whales are the largest
animals on earth. Now these whales are protected, but they still face dangers such as being
hit by ships. What will happen to blue whales in the future? Will they disappear? We must
protect blue whales and the oceans now.

____ 27. Fishing companies catch ________ million tons of seafood each year.
a. nine b. nineteen c. ninety

____ 28. Overfishing _____________________________.

a. is only a problem now
b. was only a problem in the past
c. is a problem now and was a problem in the past

____ 29. A long time ago fishing companies fished whales for ________.
a. food b. fun c. whale oil

____ 30. The blue whale is ________ animal on earth.

a. the fastest b. the largest c. the oldest