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WorksheetsNEMS Composting Champions
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
True or False? At Northeast Middle School we are starting a composting program in our cafeteria.
a)
True
b)
False
2.
What is compost?
a)
I don't know
b)
food waste that has been broken down in to soil/fertilizer
c)
stuff that goes in a landfill
d)
stuff you can recycle like plastic or glass
3.
Every year, each person in the US sends roughly __________ pounds of waste to the landfill that could have been composted. That's the size of a polar bear!
a)
12 pounds
b)
120 pounds
c)
1,200 pounds
d)
12,000 pounds
4.
Where should your milk carton go?
a)
Landfill
b)
Compost
5.
Where should your spork go?
a)
Landfill
b)
Compost
6.
Where should your napkin go?
a)
Landfill
b)
Compost
7.
Where should your straw go?
a)
Landfill
b)
Compost
8.
Where should the plastic wrapper go?
a)
Landfill
b)
Compost
9.
Where should your lunch tray go?
a)
Landfill
b)
Compost
10.
Where should your plastic, frozen fruit cup go?
a)
Landfill
b)
Compost
11.
Where should your ketchup, mayo, or other packets go?
a)
Landfill
b)
Compost
12.
Where should your paper snack tray go?
a)
Landfill
b)
Compost
13.
Where should your plastic yogurt cup go?
a)
Landfill
b)
Compost
14.
Where should your plastic cheese stick wrapper go?
a)
Landfill
b)
Compost
15.
Where should your plastic sandwich container go?
a)
Landfill
b)
Compost
16.
What about the sandwich inside (if you don't eat it)?
a)
Landfill
b)
Compost
17.
What about the cheese (if you don't eat it)?
a)
Landfill
b)
Compost
18.
Where should your salad go (if you don't eat it)?
a)
Landfill
b)
Compost
19.
Where should your pizza go (if you don't eat it)?
a)
Landfill
b)
Compost
20.
Where should ANY FOOD that you don't eat go?
a)
Landfill
b)
Compost
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