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Waste and Recycling

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Where would you expect to find the greatest concentration of leachate?

a)

at the bottom of the landfill

b)

at the top of the landfill

c)

throughout the landfill

d)

leachate is not created in a landfill

2.
How do landfills effect the environment?
a)
Landfills cause fish to be poisoned and die.
b)
Landfills support plant growth and healthy soil.
c)
Landfills cause smog in the air.
d)
Landfills cause chemicals from trash to absorb into the soil and harm plants.
3.
Which is one reason that trash and litter can hurt wildlife?

   
a)
Wildlife are afraid of human garbage.
b)
Trash covers the scent of other animals they are hunting.
c)
Wildlife may try to eat plastics and choke on them.
d)
Trash and litter removes their camouflage.
4.

Which human action can cause pollution?

a)

Walking

b)

Biking

c)

Mining

d)

Recycling

5.

What is an effect of land pollution?

a)

no clean drinking water

b)

loss of habitat for animals

c)

diseases from breathing in poor quality air

6.

What is the largest cause of land pollution?

a)

Animal waste

b)

Plants decomposing

c)

Human actions

7.

Fossil fuels are...

a)

... finite resources.

b)

... renewable resources.

8.

Fossil fuels form from:

a)

Plastic

b)

Remains of dead plants

c)

Remains of dead animals

d)

Glass

9.

Recycling is the process of:

a)

Buying new things

b)

Taking old or unwanted products and using the materials to make new things.

c)

Putting unwanted products in landfill.

d)

Burning unwanted products.

10.

Select some benefits of recycling:

a)

Uses fewer limited resources.

b)

Uses less energy.

c)

Difficult to separate components of some materials.

d)

Makes less rubbish, which ends up in landfill sites.

11.

Recycling could help to prevent further increases in greenhouse gas level.

a)

True

b)

False

12.

Recycling saves money because it is completely free.

a)

True

b)

False

13.

Select ways in which mining can harm the environment.

a)

Destroys habitats

b)

Yields materials humans need

c)

Is an energy-intensive process

d)

Causes pollution

14.
What can food waste be used for?
a)
composting
b)
animal feed
c)
community gardens
d)
all of the above
15.

What does this sign mean?

a)

walk in circles

b)

reduce, reuse, recycle

c)

save the environment

d)

green is my favourite colour