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Compost Bin

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Choose your answer based on the image above.

a)

Topsoil

b)

Bedrock

c)

Compost soil

d)

Parent Material

2.

What are these items ?

a)

Stools

b)

Compost Bins

c)

Boxes

d)

Baskets

3.

How many steps that we need to make a compost ?

a)

9 Steps

b)

5 Steps

c)

10 Steps

d)

7 Steps

4.

What does it mean by keyword " Compost Bin" ?

a)

Choose your type of compost bin

b)

No need to have compost bin

c)

Compost bin is free

d)

Metal compost bin

5.

Choose your composter ________ .


Choose your answer for the blank space on the statement above.

a)

Location

b)

Layers

c)

Harvest

d)

Maintain

6.

The location for your compost bin must be flat area, well-drained and ____________ .


Choose the answer for blank space on the statement above.

a)

Undulating

b)

Gloomy

c)

Sunny

d)

Shady

7.

Flat area is one of the rules that we need when we choose the compost bin location. What are the other rules that we need to consider ?

a)

Shady and well drained

b)

Well drained and sunny

c)

Sunny and shady

d)

Well drained and indoor

8.

The third keyword in steps to composting is "Layers". What does it mean ?

a)

Remove layers

b)

Alternate layers

c)

Choose your layers

d)

No layers

9.

On the steps of composting, the third step is the most important. We must alternate layers when we do composting. Please choose why the third step is very important.

a)

It can slow down the composting process

b)

It can eliminate smell

c)

It helps the microorganisms to grow

d)

It make the compost layer become more organized

10.

Add kitchen and garden waste is the fourth step. What are the items that cannot being add into the compost bin ?

a)

Cardboard

b)

Chemical item

c)

Chemical and glass items

d)

Fruit scraps

11.

"Full" is the fifth keyword in steps to composting. What does it mean by that keyword ?

a)

Pour water until your compost bin is full

b)

Full your compost bin using chemical items

c)

Do not make your compost bin full with trash

d)

Continue to add layers until your bin is full

12.

Why we need to keep on add layers until compost bin is full ?

a)

Mixed material in compost bin will shrink as it begins to decompose

b)

To make the compost bin become heavier

c)

To make sure that the compost bin is full

d)

Mixed material in the compost bin will starts to have bad smell

13.

The sixth keyword is "Maintain". We need to maintain the compost bin. Materials in the compost bin should be ____ .


Choose your answer for the blank space in the statement above.

a)

Dry

b)

Wet

c)

Very dry

d)

Decompose

14.

Why we need to mix or turn the compost once a week ?

a)

To make the mixed materials become more wet

b)

To help the breakdown process and have bad smell

c)

To help the breakdown process and eliminate smell

d)

No reason

15.

What is the last step in composting ?

a)

Alternate layers

b)

Harvest your compost

c)

Choose your type of compost bin

d)

Choose your composter location

16.

Finished compost will be dark, crumbly and smell like _____ .


Choose your answer to fill in the blank on statement above.

a)

Plant

b)

Bedrock

c)

Soil

d)

Water

17.

Complete process of compost will take around ___ to ___ months.


Choose your answer to fill in the blank on statement above.

a)

1 and 2

b)

9 and 8

c)

4 and 6

d)

10 and 20

18.

Why do we need the life in the soil ?

a)

Because the life in the soil are good for plants and soil health

b)

Because the life in the soil are bad for plants

c)

Because the plants will die

d)

Because the soil need to grow