WorksheetsDecomposition Time of Waste Items Quiz
Total questions: 13
Worksheet time: 7mins
We can minimise the use of styrofoam by
using the styrofoam each time we take away food
using a plastic container which lasts longer
throwing the used styrofoam in the bin
Will the styrofoam decompose when buried in the landfills?
It will take 100 years to decompose
No
Yes
Name one item that do not decompose.
Aluminium cans
Cigarette butts
Banana peels
Styrofoam
Name two items that decompose the fastest.
Orange peel
Cabbage
Tin cans
Leather shoes
What is the longest item to decompose?
Apple peel
Plastic jugs
Tin cans
Newspapers
Besides styrofoam, another waste item that do not decompose is (a) .
Sequence the order of the waste items according to their decomposition time (from the fastest to the longest).
Orange peel, newspaper, tin cans, aluminium cans
Orange peel, aluminium can, rubber soles, watermelon peel
Glass bottles, apple peel, plastic beverage container, styrofoam
Rubber sole, vegetable, pineapple peel, newspaper
Newspaper decompose in...
10 to 16 weeks.
12 to 24 weeks.
20 to 32 weeks
Banana or orange peels decompose in _____.
4 to 5 weeks.
3 to 4 weeks.
2 to 3 weeks.
Tin cans decompose in
80 to 100 years
200 to 500 years
30-40 years
Nylon fabric decompose in
3 to 4 years
30 to 40 years
40-50 years
Plastic beverage containers decompose in
1000 years
100 years
10 years
cigarette butts decompose in
2 to 5 years
25 years
2 to 5 months
