WorksheetsWaste Unit Study Test
Total questions: 21
Worksheet time: 13mins
What is the purpose of a landfill?
To recycle
To have a place for the garbage and keeping the environment clean
To reuse materials
To compost
Which two can be recycle?
Apple core
Orange peels
Pop cans
Paper
What is the correct meaning of producer?
A plant or living things that produces its own food.
An animal or object that break things down.
An object that break things by itself
An object that can't produce its own food.
Which one of these are non-biodegradable?
apples
banana peels
lettuce
Glass
Why should landfills be far away from rivers and lakes?
They shouldn't- they should be close.
So that the leachate does not contaminate the water supply
So that people don't have to see them.
So that the animals won't eat them
What happens to the items that are in the blue recycling bin?
They are burned in an incinerator
They are turned into compost
They go to the landfill
They are broken down and made into new products
What are three of the layers of the landfill?
Compacted waste
Protective layer
Red Wiggler
Topsoil
This word means to change waste into a new form.
Reduce
Reuse
Recycle
Renew
When we compare the amount of waste produced from a take out meal to a meal at home, the take out meal
made less waste
made more waste
made the same amount of waste
made no waste
What happens to plastic waste?
It eventually disintegrates
It is dumped into the ocean for fish to eat
Plastic waste doesn't exist
It breaks into little pieces
There are many alternatives to plastic
True
False
What kind of food do we waste the most?
Fruit, vegetables
Sweets
Dairy products
Herbs and spices
Why should batteries go to the eco station at the firehall or landfill?
So that they can be made into something new
So they can biodegrade there
Because they contain chemicals that could leach into the soil in a landfill
Because they are too heavy to put into the garbage
You can always believe videos on YouTube from large companies or organizations to be true.
False
True
