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Waste Unit Study Test

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the purpose of a landfill?

a)

To recycle

b)

To have a place for the garbage and keeping the environment clean

c)

To reuse materials

d)

To compost

2.

Which two can be recycle?

a)

Apple core

b)

Orange peels

c)

Pop cans

d)

Paper

3.

What is the correct meaning of producer?

a)

A plant or living things that produces its own food.

b)

An animal or object that break things down.

c)

An object that break things by itself

d)

An object that can't produce its own food.

4.

Which one of these are non-biodegradable?

a)

apples

b)

banana peels

c)

lettuce

d)

Glass

5.

Why should landfills be far away from rivers and lakes?

a)

They shouldn't- they should be close.

b)

So that the leachate does not contaminate the water supply

c)

So that people don't have to see them.

d)

So that the animals won't eat them

6.

What happens to the items that are in the blue recycling bin?

a)

They are burned in an incinerator

b)

They are turned into compost

c)

They go to the landfill

d)

They are broken down and made into new products

7.

What are three of the layers of the landfill?

a)

Compacted waste

b)

Protective layer

c)

Red Wiggler

d)

Topsoil

8.

This word means to change waste into a new form.

a)

Reduce

b)

Reuse

c)

Recycle

d)

Renew

9.

When we compare the amount of waste produced from a take out meal to a meal at home, the take out meal

a)

made less waste

b)

made more waste

c)

made the same amount of waste

d)

made no waste

10.
Toxic, corrosive, or explosive material
a)
solid waste
b)
hazardous waste
c)
municipal waste
d)
plant waste
11.

What happens to plastic waste?

a)

It eventually disintegrates

b)

It is dumped into the ocean for fish to eat

c)

Plastic waste doesn't exist

d)

It breaks into little pieces

12.

There are many alternatives to plastic

a)

True

b)

False

13.

What kind of food do we waste the most?

a)

Fruit, vegetables

b)

Sweets

c)

Dairy products

d)

Herbs and spices

14.
When we throw away cellphones, computers, and TVs this waste is
a)
trash
b)
e-waste
c)
recycled
d)
sent to china
15.
What is it called when plants give off water vapor as a waste product?
a)
condensation
b)
evaporation
c)
sublimation
d)
transpiration
16.
What is A?
a)
Evaporation
b)
Condensation
c)
Precipitation
d)
Runoff
17.
Does evaporation happen before or after condensation?
a)
before
b)
after
c)
during
d)
dont know
18.
Where is most water found on the Earth? 
a)
In Glaciers
b)
In Lakes
c)
In Rivers
d)
In the Ocean
19.
What source of energy evaporates the most water from Earth's surface? 
a)
Volcanoes
b)
Sun
c)
Lightening
d)
Wind
20.

Why should batteries go to the eco station at the firehall or landfill?

a)

So that they can be made into something new

b)

So they can biodegrade there

c)

Because they contain chemicals that could leach into the soil in a landfill

d)

Because they are too heavy to put into the garbage

21.

You can always believe videos on YouTube from large companies or organizations to be true.

a)

False

b)

True