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Tree to Paper: teacher key

How Paper Is Made, grade 1 edition, written for 1st grade. Follow a tree to a flat sheet of paper, and see how old paper becomes new.

Read the book. Print this page for the key.

Questions and answers

  1. Where do most paper fibers come from?
    • Trees (answer)
    • Rocks
    • Fish
  2. What is the soft wet mix called?
    • Pulp (answer)
    • Glue
    • Soup
  3. What can pulp make?
    • A book (answer)
    • A car
    • A shoe
  4. What is it called when old paper is made into new paper?
    • Wrapping
    • Recycling (answer)
    • Painting
  5. What happens after the chips are cooked?
    • They get soft (answer)
    • They get hard
    • They turn to glass

Words

  • fibers: tiny threads
  • pulp: soft wet mix
  • screen: a fine net