viernes, 16 de noviembre de 2012

1) What are the benefits of recycling batteries?
The benefits of recycling batteris is keeps heavy metals out of the environment, safely disposes of corrosive acids, reduces demand for raw materials, reduces consumer costs, and saves landfill sapce.

2) How do heavy metals get into the water supply?

Heavy metals from batteries that end up in landfills leach through the ground into the water supply

3) How do they pollute the air?

Incineration of batteries releases some heavy metals into the air and others remain in the resulting ash, which ultimately ends up in landfills.

4) How is sulfuric acid dangerous?
Because contain, corrosive acids.
5) What battery materials are reusable?
The plastic and metals
6) Find 6  words you didn't know from the reading(Cambridge Dictionary Online) write their definitions (in English) and include their pronunciations
FOR EXAMPLE
tough/t^f/:adj
landfill/ˈlænd .fɪl/ noun
leach /liːtʃ/ verb
rechargeable /riːˈtʃɑː.dʒə.bl ̩/ adjective
release /rɪˈliːs/ verb

average /ˈæv.ər.ɪdʒ/ noun

rather/ˈrɑː.ðər/ adverb