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Ecology Club Facts & Trivia

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is it called when you put scraps of vegetables and fruits in a pile in your yard and let them decompose?

a)

Personal dump

b)

Composting

c)

Garbage

d)

Squirrel Food

2.

What is the name of the company that uses Plastic film to make boards that look like wood?

a)

Tiger Wood

b)

Tree Like

c)

Trex

d)

Tumbletree

3.

Which one of the following can NOT be recycled

a)

Glass bottle

b)

plastic water bottle

c)

Milk carton

d)

plastic bottle that contained car oil

4.

Do the caps for plastic bottles stay on the bottle when the are recycled?

a)

Yes

b)

No

5.

Which of these is a way to help the Earth

a)

Use a refillable water bottle.

b)

Ride in a car to get anywhere you need to go.

c)

Buy only the best shoes you can afford.

d)

Change your underwear daily.

6.

Why don't people recycle?

a)

Because it is easier NOT to recycle.

b)

Because they don't know it is important.

c)

Because they don't know how to recycle.

d)

It could be all of the above.

7.

Do all recycling companies recycle the same items?

a)

Yes

b)

No

8.

What number plastics does Henrico Curbside recycling accept?

a)

1-5

b)

4 & 5

c)

1-10

d)

1-7

9.

Can styrofoam packing noodles be recycled in Henrico County?

a)

Yes

b)

No

10.

Can the item pictured here be recycled in the Henrico County curbside recycling?

a)

Yes

b)

No

11.

Cardboard boxes should be ______________ before being placed in the recycling bin.

a)

Taped shut

b)

Flattened

c)

cut into small pieces

d)

wrapped in newspaper

12.

Complete this sentence.

Only (a)   in the drain.

13.

What percentage of the Henrico landfills are still available as a place to bury our garbage?

a)

50%

b)

30%

c)

0%

d)

13%

14.

Do all the students and teachers at Holman know the correct way to recycle?

a)

Yes

b)

No

15.

Is plastic film and 1-7 plastic that can be recycled in Henrico County, the same kind of plastic?

a)

Yes

b)

No

16.

Whose job is it to recycle?

a)

Custodians'

b)

County employees'

c)

Adults'

d)

Everyone's

17.

Your Opinon: Which one of these is the best way to get humans to recycle?

a)

Educate them

b)

Make it illegal NOT to recycle

c)

Make them pay extra at the store if they use plastic bags.

d)

Use celebrities to be in commercials about the importance of recycling.

18.

The recycle triangle represents the three Rs of saving the planet.

a)

Reward, renew, recycle

b)

Reduce, Reuse, Recycle

c)

Right Recycling Rules

d)

Really Reduce Refuse

19.

Recycling isn't the only way to help the planet. Which of these are also good things to do? Check all that apply.

a)

Use less water

b)

Use less electricity

c)

Use less fossil fuel

d)

Use more solar powered energy

e)

Use more wind energy

20.

If you were the RULER of the land, name one law you would make to help prevent further climate change.

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