Garbage!

What happens to most garbage today?

• It's dumped in oceans.

• It is recycled.

• It is burned.

• It is buried.

What happens if the layers of garbage are not buried correctly?

• Insects infest the garbage.

• Rainwater leaks into the garbage.

• The ground becomes unstable.

• Grass is unable to be planted on the top layer.

When garbage rots, an invisible and unhealthy gas called ________ rises into the air.

• Leachate

• Carbon Monoxide

• Methane

• Mr. Swan's breath

Garbage made from living things like food and wood can be taken to compost centers and turned into-

• wood chips and beauty bark

• cardboard

• an ingredient for food for farm animals

• fertilizer

Isatou Ceesay, a woman from Africa, made string out of plastic bags and used the string to make --

• dresses for girls.

• scarves.

• garbage bags.

• purses.

In parts of the ocean, floating trash gathers into huge areas called--

• black holes.

• trash whirlpools.

• garbage patches.

• garbage swamps.

Trash is sometimes burned in an incinerator to produce--

• electricity

• compost

• fertilizer

• charcoal

True or False: After a very long time, most plastic in the ocean eventually decomposes and disappears.

• True

• False

True or False: Most garbage dumped into a river will eventually end up in oceans.

• True

• False

What sticky, black liquid, is often spilled by boats into the ocean?

• Oil

• Tar

• Gasoline

• Detergent