How Do Landfills Affect The Environment?

How Do Landfills Affect The Environment?

7th - 8th Grade

25 Qs

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How Do Landfills Affect The Environment?

How Do Landfills Affect The Environment?

Assessment

Quiz

Science

7th - 8th Grade

Practice Problem

Hard

NGSS
MS-ESS3-3, MS-PS1-3, MS-ESS3-4

+6

Standards-aligned

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1.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

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Sanitary landfills have __________ to prevent leachate from getting into groundwater. (CLICK ALL THAT APPLY!)

liners

collection systems

daily layers of soil

garbage

Tags

NGSS.MS-ETS1-3

NGSS.MS-ETS1-4

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

Bacteria in landfills perform anaerobic respiration as they decompose materials very slowly. This process creates

methane

leachate

CO2

oxygen

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

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Why is decomposition in a landfill anaerobic?

daily compaction of garbage reduces the amount of O2 available to decomposers

leachate reacts with O2, converting it to CO2

methane reacts with O2, converting it to CO2

liners at the bottom of the landfill prevent O2 from getting to the garbage

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

Which soil is best to have under a landfill?

sand

silt

clay

loam

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

Media Image

A sanitary landfill is lined with clay.

True
False

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-3

NGSS.MS-ETS1-1

NGSS.MS-ETS1-2

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

What is leachate?

Water that collects contaminates as it moves downward.
Type of organism that helps to break down compost in a landfill.
The bottom layer of covering in a landfill.
 None of the above is correct.

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

Media Image

Which of these can we NOT recycle in school?

cardboard
plastic bags
colored paper
all of the above

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-3

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