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- 1. Multiple Choice
How much trash does the average American person throw away each day?
3 pounds
4.5 pounds
6.5 pounds
8 pounds
- 2. Multiple Choice
What is a landfill?
a place where people dump trash
a place where people recycle trash
a place that people gather trash
a place where people fill up with food
- 3. Multiple Choice
Which of the following cannot be recycled?
paper
plastic
glass
mirrors
- 4. Multiple Choice
What are compost piles?
A mixture of bugs and plants
A mixture of plants and and soil
A mixture of plant and food scraps
A mixture of food scraps and and worms
- 5. Multiple Choice
What is Trash-o-saurus?
A huge garbage can with a ton of trash
A dinosaur made from a ton of trash
A dinosaur made from 5 tons of trash
A bunch of trash for dinosaurs to eat.
- 6. Multiple Choice
Why did the museum make the dinosaur?
To clean up the city.
It ran out of money for real sculptures.
To show that you can reuse trash instead of throwing it away.
To pay for the museum.
- 7. Multiple Choice
Why are some states not using landfills anymore?
They have run out of room.
They are too expensive.
They stink.
People want to keep their trash.
- 8. Multiple Choice
What does reduce mean in this article?
Get smaller by eating less.
Bury your trash in the back yard.
Use things more than one time.
Make less trash by throwing away less items.
- 9. Multiple Choice
What does reuse mean in this article?
Find new uses for old items.
Find ways to throw more away.
Find someone who likes old stuff.
Use something only one time.
- 10. Multiple Choice
What is a waste-to-energy plant?
People run to burn energy.
Garbage is burned to ash and put in landfills.
Garbage is burned and converted to electricity to power TV's or lights.
Garbage is shocked with electricity so it can look like new.
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