Solid waste can be described as trash, garbage, litter, junk or refuse. Things we do not want or throw away.
Solid Waste

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3rd - 5th Grade
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Donna Howard
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
True
False
2.
FILL IN THE BLANK QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
A ________ is a place where solid waste or trash is dumped and covered with dirt.
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Moist or wet garbage in a sanitary landfill is called _________ or garbage juice.
trash
groundwater
leachate
methane
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Perforated pipes take leachate away from the landfill and a geotextile liner and clay prevent
the landfill from smelling
the groundwater and soil from being contaminated
the landfill from getting wet
plastic from entering the landfill
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Plastic takes thousands of years to break down. We can reduce our use of plastic and the amount we send to the landfill by
Taking our own reusable bag to the supermarket.
Buying environmentally friendly cups, plates, straws and utensils.
Collecting plastic bottles and containers to be sent to a recycling centre.
Doing all of these things.
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
We can recycle our household waste such as fruit and vegetable peelings, dry grass, tree and hedge clippings by letting it decompose to form a dark, nutrient rich soil. This is called
Sorting
Incinerating
Dumping
Composting
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which items cannot be placed into the compost bin?
fruit and vegetable peelings
chicken bones and cheese
dried grass
tree and hedge clippings
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