WorksheetsQuiz on Reuse and Recycling
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
What is one positive effect of recycling metals?
It damages the environment.
It reduces the amount of waste sent to landfill.
It uses more energy than mining.
It increases the need for finite resources.
What is bioleaching?
Using heat to extract metals.
Using bacteria to extract copper from ores.
Using plants to absorb metals.
Using chemicals to dissolve metals.
What is a disadvantage of traditional copper mining?
It uses renewable resources.
It is very fast.
It has a small environmental impact.
It is damaging to the environment.
How are metals usually recycled?
By mixing them with new metals.
By burying them in landfills.
By burning them.
By melting and reshaping them.
What is one way glass can be recycled?
By throwing it away.
By using it as landfill.
By crushing and melting it.
By burning it for energy.
What does a life cycle assessment (LCA) evaluate?
The popularity of a product.
The profit made from a product.
The environmental impact of a product's life.
The cost of raw materials only.
What is one stage considered in a life cycle assessment?
Product design.
Product advertising.
Product disposal.
Product marketing.
What is phytomining?
Using chemicals to dissolve metals.
Using plants to absorb metals from soil.
Using heat to extract metals.
Using bacteria to extract metals.
Why is recycling important?
It requires more energy than mining.
It conserves finite resources.
It increases pollution.
It creates more waste.
What is a problem with life cycle assessments?
They are always objective.
They can be biased.
They are easy to conduct.
They only consider one stage.
