| ___ 1 milk carton | ___ 1 cup of water |
| ___ 1 piece of plastic bag | ___ dirt |
| ___ 1 piece of lettuce | ___ fork (next week) |

___ 2. Lay the lettuce and the plastic on top of the dirt.
___ 3. Cover the "trash" with more dirt.
___ 4. Water your garbage dumps.
___ 5. Wait a week . . . . . then use a fork to dig out your trash.
lettuce ___ yes ___ no plastic ___ yes ___ no
How? _______________________________________________
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| ___________ | decomposes faster than | ___________. |
| (food/plastic) | (food/plastic) |