Activity Answers
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| According to the article, what is one reason why hair is made into mats? A. Livestock owners sought to benefit from excess animal fur and wool. B. Hair is highly effective at collecting oil that is spilled in the environment. C. Hair stylists needed a means to dispose of a high volume of hair clippings. D. Large quantities of hair in landfills are harmful to local flora and fauna. | Hair is highly effective at collecting oil that is spilled in the environment. |
| Which sentence from the article best supports the idea that nearly anyone can contribute to the Clean Wave program? A. Today, the main uses of hair mats are protecting beaches and cleaning up terrestrial oil spills following events like train wrecks. B. For the purpose of oil containment, donors are stuffing their freshly shorn tresses, facial fuzz, and curly locks into boxes and envelopes. C. To Gautier and her staff, spreading the idea of using hair to stop oil contamination is more important than making | For the purpose of oil containment, donors are stuffing their freshly shorn tresses, facial fuzz, and curly locks into boxes and envelopes. |
| Which is the closest antonym for the word conventional, as it is used in the article? A. natural B. uncommon C. impossible D. typical | uncommon |
| Which of these is a statement of opinion? A. There are thousands of oil spills every year in just one country. B. Hair is a renewable resource that is also biodegradable. C. Oil spills on land are more concerning than those at sea. D. Oil sticks to the surface of hair as opposed to being absorbed by it. | Oil spills on land are more concerning than those at sea. |
| The reader can infer from the article that A. the abundance of available hair clippings has contributed to the success of hair mats B. hair mats can be easily cleaned of oil and reused again in other cleanup efforts C. hair fibers that are longer are more prized for hair mats than shorter fibers D. the usefulness of hair mats is limited to oil spills that occur on a very large scale | the abundance of available hair clippings has contributed to the success of hair mats |
| The article states: The idea of using hair to help clean up such spills was the brainchild of Alabama hairdresser and inventor Phillip McCrory. In 1989, he saw the aftermath of a huge Alaskan oil spill on TV. Images of an otter with oil- saturated fur stayed with him. Which is the closest synonym for the word aftermath? A. guarantee B. simplicity C. benefit D. result | result |
| Which best summarizes the first two paragraphs of the article? A. An oil slick off the coast of the Philippines in February 2023 endangered the country’s beaches and fisheries. B. After an oil slick threatened coastal areas in the Philippines, hair stylists donated hair clippings to be made into hair mats for cleaning up oil. C. After giving haircuts, hair stylists in the Philippines boxed up their customers’ hair clippings and shipped them off to manufacturers. D. A tanker carrying oil sank near the Philippines in February 2023 and leaked oil into the | After an oil slick threatened coastal areas in the Philippines, hair stylists donated hair clippings to be made into hair mats for cleaning up oil. |
| This article would be most useful as a source for a student research project on A. novel ways to reuse materials B. the variety of petroleum products C. laws passed to reduce oil spills D. the history of felting machines | novel ways to reuse materials |
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