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Trash

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 30mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What does the word garbage mean in the following sentence? I emptied the garbage for my mom.

a)

something that you throw away

b)

something that you save because it is special to you

c)

something that your brother does

d)

something that helps you

2.

What does the automated mean in the following sentence. Some trash pick up is automated.

a)

your family does all the work

b)

a machine does all the work

c)

other people do all the work

d)

animals do all the work

3.

What does the word bucket mean in the following sentence. The trash truck uses a bucket to pick up the trash.

a)

something that you dig with

b)

something that is used to lift, scoop, or carry things

c)

something you eat with

d)

something that you use to eat on

4.

What does the word cargo mean in the following sentence. . The boat carried a large cargo to its next destination.

a)

a large trash truck

b)

a route that a trash truck takes

c)

a load carried by a truck, ship, plane, or train

d)

the name of a trash company

5.

What does the word bin mean in the following sentence. I put the recycling into the correct bin.

a)

something to eat

b)

a large box

c)

an animal

d)

a song

6.

What does the word word landfill mean in the following sentence. There is a large landfill in Decatur Township on Kentucky Avenue.

a)

a place to put your trash out to be collected

b)

a place that burns garbage

c)

a place where garbage is dumped and buried

d)

a place that recycles trash

7.

What is the first step in garbage collection?

a)

The truck loaded the trash onto the barge.

b)

The crusher blades crushed the garbage.

c)

The crew put trash into the truck's hopper.

8.

Who picks up the trash in a garbage truck?

a)

sanitation workers

b)

school workers

c)

postal workers

d)

cafeteria workers

9.

What happens when the garbage truck starts to get full?

a)

A packer blade pushes down the trash to make room.

b)

No more trash can be picked up

c)

Some of the trash gets put back on the street

10.

Why are sanitation workers important?

a)

They keep communities clean and healthy.

b)

They help deliver food to houses.

c)

THey help keep the streets covered in trash.

11.

A ___________________ is where trash gets dumped into a huge pile.

a)

recycling bin

b)

park

c)

landfill

12.

What is one way to keep some trash from taking up space in a landfill?

a)

putting food scraps in a compost bin

b)

taking the trash to the landfill yourself

c)

throwing all of your trash in the trash can

13.

Is the following sentence Fact to Fiction? A garbage truck can talk!

a)

fact

b)

fiction

14.

Is the following sentence fact or fiction? Garbage trucks like to eat trash?

a)

fact

b)

fiction

15.

Is the following sentence fact or fiction? Garbage trucks unload at landfills.

a)

fact

b)

fiction