Waste Unit Study Test

What is the purpose of a landfill?

• To recycle

• To have a place for the garbage and keeping the environment clean

• To reuse materials

• To compost

Which two can be recycle?

• Apple core

• Orange peels

• Pop cans

• Paper

What is the correct meaning of producer?

• A plant or living things that produces its own food.

• An animal or object that break things down.

• An object that break things by itself

• An object that can't produce its own food.

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Which one of these are non-biodegradable?

• apples

• banana peels

• lettuce

• Glass

Why should landfills be far away from rivers and lakes?

• They shouldn't- they should be close.

• So that the leachate does not contaminate the water supply

• So that people don't have to see them.

• So that the animals won't eat them

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What happens to the items that are in the blue recycling bin?

• They are burned in an incinerator

• They are turned into compost

• They go to the landfill

• They are broken down and made into new products

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What are three of the layers of the landfill?

• Compacted waste

• Protective layer

• Red Wiggler

• Topsoil

This word means to change waste into a new form.

• Reduce

• Reuse

• Recycle

• Renew

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When we compare the amount of waste produced from a take out meal to a meal at home, the take out meal

• made less waste

• made more waste

• made the same amount of waste

• made no waste

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Toxic, corrosive, or explosive material

• solid waste
• hazardous waste
• municipal waste
• plant waste

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