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Organize & Summary

A Fill out the organizer with the information you learned in the story.

Topic Pollution has become a serious issue.

Detail Detail Detail
Air Pollution Water Pollution Land Pollution

Smog from cars and
factories causes air
pollution. Air pollution

can make it hard for
people to breathe. It
can also change the

weather.

B Fill in the blanks with the correct words to summarize the story.

garbage oxygen breathe serious ground fertilizer

Pollution has become a issue. Smog from cars and

factories causes air pollution. Air pollution can make it hard for people

to . It can also change the weather. Excess

causes water pollution. The fertilizers are carried to streams and lakes

through the rain. It causes too much algae to grow. The decaying

process of algae uses that animals and plants need to

survive. Land pollution is caused by the . Landfills are

filling quickly every day. As more garbage piles up in landfills the

waste material seeps into the .

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