From Logs to Paper: teacher key

How Paper Is Made, grade 2 edition, written for 2nd grade. Follow wet pulp through a paper machine, and learn what makes paper white, flat and strong.

Read the book. Print this page for the key.

Questions and answers

1. What do workers take off the logs?
   • Paint
   • Bark (answer)
   • Salt
2. What is the soft, wet mix called?
   • Pulp (answer)
   • Soup
   • Glue
3. What does bleaching do to pulp?
   • Makes it darker
   • Makes it sweet
   • Makes it lighter and whiter (answer)
4. How many layers does cardboard have?
   • Two
   • Three (answer)
   • Ten
5. Why do mills add chalk or clay?
   • To make paper whiter (answer)
   • To make paper taste good
   • To make paper heavy

Words

• pulp: soft wet mix
• bleached: made whiter
• papyrus: old reed paper
• recycling: using again