2.04 Nature's Way: Recycling

Time to Reflect

Thank goodness the Earth recycles or we would be in a terrible mess. Okay let's see if we can recycle most of that information we learned and use it on the following jeopardy game.

Let's review what we just learned.

• Carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, and nitrogen make up 96 percent of the all living things.
• The earth does not create new sources of these elements and nature cycles them.
• Eating and drinking are ways humans can get these important elements.
• Humans can help reduce some of the harmful effects of burning fossil fuels by recycling.

Try these simple tour self-checks to see if you have mastered the concepts covered in this activity mastered.

Water and Carbon Cycle Crossword

Text-only version

Human Impact Matching Activity

Text-only version

Tour Debrief

• added the new terms and their meanings to your Module 2 glossary page.
• reviewed and studied the interactivities on the water cycle and carbon cycle.
• added notes to your Travel Log on these two cycles.
• have a good understanding of the concepts of cycles in nature and how they are important to life on this plane.

Ready to report?

The folks at BV Unlimited Research and Development are anxious to hear how it is going! Wait, was that thunder? Uh oh! It's going to storm! The weather up here in the mountains can change rapidly. Let's take shelter in the cabin up ahead. While we're waiting the storm out...

Here's what you need to do:

1. Choose one of the following options:
   1. Pretend you are a drop of water. Write a paragraph describing your travels. Make sure your paragraph includes a complete loop through the water cycle.
   2. Pretend you are an atom of carbon. Write a paragraph describing your travels. Make sure your paragraph includes a complete loop through the carbon cycle.
   3. Write a newspaper article describing some of the causes of the greenhouse effect. Include some suggestions on how humans can help slow this process down.
   4. Write a newspaper article on the importance of water to living things. Include some suggestions on how humans can conserve water on a daily basis.
2. Save your work as an .rtf file and submit it as the assessment for this lesson.

Help with Writing Paragraphs