Vocabulary and system diagram from "The Story of Stuff" educational worksheet.

Let’s work through this step by step.

We have two parts:
1. Match vocabulary words to their correct definitions.
2. Match diagram labels (Bonus, Retail, Consumption, Refinement, Extraction) to the numbered steps in “The System” diagram.

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Part 1: Vocabulary Matching

We’ll go one by one and match each word to its definition based on common meanings and context clues.

a) Exploitation → When items are thrown away for removal? No — that sounds like disposal.
Actually, exploitation usually means using something (or someone) unfairly or excessively. But looking at the options, none say that directly. Wait — let’s look again.

Wait — maybe we should match based on standard environmental/industrial terms.

Let’s list the definitions:

- When items are thrown away for removal → Disposal
- Things that we use in our everyday lives which come from the planet → Natural Resources
- Parts of the world that are underdeveloped → Third World
- A person who uses or taking in something → Consumer
- The action of something being used or taken → Extraction? Or Consumption? Let’s see.
Actually, “extraction” is taking something out (like mining). “Consumption” is using it up.
But definition says: “The action of something being used or taken” — could be either. Let’s hold.

Actually, let’s do this systematically.

Standard matches:

a) Exploitation → Not clearly matched yet. Maybe not used? Wait, all letters must be used.

Wait — perhaps “exploitation” here means using natural resources heavily? But no definition fits perfectly.

Let me try matching known ones first.

b) Extraction → Things that we use in our everyday lives which come from the planet? No — that’s natural resources.
Extraction is removing raw materials — like mining oil or coal. So maybe: “Things that we use... from the planet” is Natural Resources, and Extraction is how we get them? But the definition given is “Things that we use...” — that’s not extraction.

Wait — let’s read carefully:

Definitions:

1. When items are thrown away for removal → Disposal
2. Things that we use in our everyday lives which come from the planet → Natural Resources
3. Parts of the world that are underdeveloped → Third World
4. A person who uses or taking in something → Consumer
5. The action of something being used or taken → Consumption? Or Extraction?
- “Used or taken” — if taken from earth, extraction; if used by person, consumption.
But later there’s a separate “Consumption” term.

6. When technologies advance too quickly and the item is more of a burden → Obsolete
7. Someone working to increase a profit but not paid for their efforts → Exploitation (yes! This fits — exploiting workers)
8. When items are burned as a way of removing them → Incineration
9. A hole in the ground that holds the garbage when it has no place else to go → Landfill
10. Another way of saying poison → Toxic
11. When something is changed chemically or physically for purpose of production → Refinement
12. Someone who works for a company → Employee
13. Removal of something in the firm this was mining, hunting, or logging → Extraction (yes — extracting resources)

So let’s assign:

a) Exploitation → 7 (someone working to increase profit but not paid)
b) Extraction → 13 (removal via mining, hunting, logging)
c) Natural Resources → 2 (things we use from the planet)
d) Third World → 3 (underdeveloped parts of world)
e) Refined → 11 (changed chemically/physically for production)
f) Toxic → 10 (another word for poison)
g) Employee → 12 (works for a company)
h) Consumption → 5 (action of something being used or taken — by people)
i) Consumer → 4 (person who uses/takes in something)
j) Obsolete → 6 (tech advances, item becomes burden)
k) Disposal → 1 (thrown away for removal)
l) Incineration → 8 (burned to remove)
m) Landfill → 9 (hole in ground for garbage)

That uses all 13.

Now Part 2: The System Diagram

We need to match: Disposal, Retail, Consumption, Refinement, Extraction

Look at the diagram (even though we can’t see it, we can infer from typical resource flow):

Typical system:

Starts with raw materials → extracted → refined → made into products → sold at retail → consumed → disposed of.

Also, “Bonus” is listed — probably a trick or extra label? But we have to match the five terms to numbers 1–5.

Assume the diagram shows:

1. Mining or drilling → Extraction
2. Processing factory → Refinement
3. Store or shop → Retail
4. Person using product → Consumption
5. Trash bin or dump → Disposal

And “Bonus” might be an arrow or something else — but since it’s listed as a label to match, and we have 5 blanks, likely “Bonus” is not matched to a number — or perhaps it’s a distractor.

Wait — the instruction says: “Match the words with the correct part of the diagram” and lists: Disposal, Retail, Consumption, Refinement, Extraction — and also “Bonus” is listed above, but probably “Bonus” is not one of the five to match — it might be a title or something.

Looking back: “Match the words with the correct part of the diagram” and then lists: Disposal, Retail, Consumption, Refinement, Extraction — and then below, “Bonus” is written, but it’s probably not part of the matching — or maybe it is?

Wait, the user wrote:

“Match the words with the correct part of the diagram

Disposal Retail Consumption Refinement Extraction

Bonus”

This is ambiguous. But likely, “Bonus” is not a word to match — it might be a section header or something. Because we have 5 blanks (1 to 5), and 5 words to match.

In typical diagrams:

- Step 1: Raw material taken from earth → Extraction
- Step 2: Processed in factory → Refinement
- Step 3: Sold in store → Retail
- Step 4: Used by person → Consumption
- Step 5: Thrown away → Disposal

So:

1 → Extraction
2 → Refinement
3 → Retail
4 → Consumption
5 → Disposal

“Bonus” might be an extra label — perhaps for an arrow or something — but since we’re only matching the five words to the five numbers, we ignore “Bonus” for now.

But wait — the list includes “Bonus” as one of the words to match? The way it’s written:

“Match the words with the correct part of the diagram

Disposal Retail Consumption Refinement Extraction

Bonus”

It might be that “Bonus” is also a word to match — but there are only 5 blanks. Unless “Bonus” is for a different part.

Perhaps “Bonus” is meant to be matched to an arrow or something — but since we don’t have the image, we have to assume standard flow.

Another possibility: in some diagrams, “Bonus” might refer to byproducts or something — but unlikely.

Given that, I think “Bonus” is probably not part of the matching — it might be a mistake or a label for the whole diagram.

So for the five blanks:

1. Extraction
2. Refinement
3. Retail
4. Consumption
5. Disposal

Now, to confirm with the vocabulary part — we already matched all.

Final Answers:

Vocabulary:

a) Exploitation → 7
b) Extraction → 13
c) Natural Resources → 2
d) Third World → 3
e) Refined → 11
f) Toxic → 10
g) Employee → 12
h) Consumption → 5
i) Consumer → 4
j) Obsolete → 6
k) Disposal → 1
l) Incineration → 8
m) Landfill → 9

The System:

1 → Extraction
2 → Refinement
3 → Retail
4 → Consumption
5 → Disposal

“Bonus” is not matched — probably not part of the five.

But to be safe, if “Bonus” is to be matched, perhaps it’s for an arrow or something — but since no number is assigned, we leave it.

In the diagram, sometimes “Bonus” might be for a side product — but without image, we stick to standard.

I think this is correct.

Final Answer:

Vocabulary matches:
a-7, b-13, c-2, d-3, e-11, f-10, g-12, h-5, i-4, j-6, k-1, l-8, m-9

System diagram matches:
1-Extraction, 2-Refinement, 3-Retail, 4-Consumption, 5-Disposal