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WorksheetsWaste and Recycling
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
Where would you expect to find the greatest concentration of leachate?
at the bottom of the landfill
at the top of the landfill
throughout the landfill
leachate is not created in a landfill
Which human action can cause pollution?
Walking
Biking
Mining
Recycling
What is an effect of land pollution?
no clean drinking water
loss of habitat for animals
diseases from breathing in poor quality air
What is the largest cause of land pollution?
Animal waste
Plants decomposing
Human actions
Fossil fuels are...
... finite resources.
... renewable resources.
Fossil fuels form from:
Plastic
Remains of dead plants
Remains of dead animals
Glass
Recycling is the process of:
Buying new things
Taking old or unwanted products and using the materials to make new things.
Putting unwanted products in landfill.
Burning unwanted products.
Select some benefits of recycling:
Uses fewer limited resources.
Uses less energy.
Difficult to separate components of some materials.
Makes less rubbish, which ends up in landfill sites.
Recycling could help to prevent further increases in greenhouse gas level.
True
False
Recycling saves money because it is completely free.
True
False
Select ways in which mining can harm the environment.
Destroys habitats
Yields materials humans need
Is an energy-intensive process
Causes pollution
What does this sign mean?
walk in circles
reduce, reuse, recycle
save the environment
green is my favourite colour
