This is a 9th and 10th grade informational text describing eight different types of pollution on Earth and why they are detrimental. While reading, students should determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in the text, including figurative, connotative, and technical meanings. Students should also cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text (License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).