Old Cans & Cars

In this quiz you will need to select the correct answer on your iPad. Are you ready?

• Yes
• No

What happens to old cans and cars?

• They cannot be used again.
• They can be recycled.
• They get rusty.
• They are thrown into the ocean.

What is the first step to recycling old cans and cars?

• First, they are melted in a furnace.
• First, they are taken to a steel mill.
• First, they are cut into small pieces.
• First, the metal cans and metal car parts must be sorted from other trash.

What does a "crusher" do?

• It presses the metal into blocks.

• It melts the metal into a hot liquid.
• It cuts the metal into small pieces.
• It cools the metal down into rods.

What is another word for "small"?

• steel

• shred

• huge

• tiny

What does it mean to "shred" something?

• To press something down with a lot of power.

• To heat something up until it becomes a liquid.

• To cut something up into very small pieces.

• To cool something down until it becomes hard.

Please choose the best word to finish the sentence: After the metal is shredded, the small pieces are ______ to a steel mill.

• take
• taked
• took
• taken

What does it mean to "melt" something?

• To cool something down until it becomes hard.

• To press something down with a lot of power.

• To cut something up into very small pieces.

• To heat something up until it becomes a liquid.

What is the machine that melts the metal into a hot liquid called?

• melter
• furnace
• shredder
• crusher

After pouring the melted metal into long blocks, why are the blocks put into the yard?

• Because they need to cool down.
• Because they need to be heated up.
• Because they will be crushed.
• Because they will be shredded.