E-Recycling Quizziz

Which of the following statements can you infer based on paragraph 6?

• E-recycling will help prevent all future environmental problems.

• E-recycling will continue to grow larger during the coming years.

• E-recycling will stop the mining of new precious metals from ore.

• E-recycling will make the price of electronic devices more expensive.

Based on the passage, which statement best explains why e-recycling is becoming cheaper and more efficient?

• Each year millions of new electronic devices are manufactured and sold around the world.

• Extracting gold, silver, and other precious metals from ore becomes more expensive each year.

• Companies are beginning to use robots to remove precious metals from old electronic devices.

• E-recycling companies are creating fewer jobs at lower salaries for workers around the world.

How is the information in paragraph 5 organized?

• cause/effect

• chronological

• comparison

• problem/solution

Read this sentence from the passage. “As much gold can be extracted from each ton of electronic waste as can be removed from 17 tons of ore from gold mines.” (paragraph 4) What is the meaning of extracted as it is used in this sentence?

• melted into a liquid

• smashed into pieces

• taken out or separated

• made into something new

This question has two parts. First, answer Part A. Then, answer Part B. Part A Based on the passage, which precious metal per 1 million cell phones is worth the least amount of money?

• gold

• silver

• platinum

• palladium

Part B Select the detail from the passage that best supports the answer to Part A.

• “75 pounds of gold worth about $1,564,800”

• “772 pounds of silver worth about $195,532”

• “33 pounds of palladium worth about $724,944”

• “21 pounds of platinum worth about $276,528”

How do you prevent someone from creating E-waste?

• Creating awareness about it's impact on environment

• Ignoring if someone is throwing it in garbage

• Taking aggressive action when some one is dumping it road side areas,

• None of the above