TEST YOUR "TRASH TRIVIA" SKILLS Talk about 20 questions! Listed bebw are 20 questions guaranteed to test your know ledge of garbage and all other types of environmental tnreats. Once you take this environmental IQ test, and review all the answers( you'll discover that this pop quiz is no trivial pursuit! Perhaps the biggest incentive for taking the quiz, is that WXll-Newswatch 12 will oe selecting questions from this list for their EARTH QUIZ QUESTIONS OF THE DAY contest coming up during Earth Week, April 19-23. If you are the first person to call in with the correct answer to WXII's Earth Quiz questions during the Noon and 6:00 p.m. news, you could win $100 cash! So study hard! TRASH TRIVIA QUESTIONS m 1 . The average American generates how many pounds of garbage a day? a. 1 c. 6 b. 3.5 d. 10 2. In the past 50 years, the amount of waste discarded per person in the US has: a. doubled b. stayed the same c. decreased d. increased 10 times 3. Each day, Americans throw away millions pounds of edible food. a. 1 c. 400 b. 100 d. 900 4. Which of these decompose in the landfill within five years? a. newspaper b. carrot c. steel can d. none of the above 6. What percent of waste in landfHIs is pqper? a. 72 c. 28 b. 12 d. 38 7. One leaky toilet can waste more than gallons of water a day. a. 14 c. 50 * b. 80 d. 3 8. It's okay to throw an apple core out the car window because it's biodegradable. a. True b. False 9. How much energy is saved by making a new aluminum can from an old one? a. 95% b. the equivalent energy it takes to keep a 100 watt bulb burning for 3 1/2 hours c. not a significant amount ? d. both a and b 10. All plastic bottles marked with a number code inside the recycling symbol are recyclable . ; ^ a. True b. False 1 1 . Burning solid waste to produce electricity is called . a. waste-to-energy b. trasholitic converting c. incineration d. garbage generating capability 1 2. The U.S. accounts for 6 percent of the world's population, consumes 50 percent of its resources and produces percent of its waste. a. 32 c. 75 b. 50 d. 65 1 3. Grasscycling is a. letting the clips fall where they may b. a good way to get a natural fertilizer for no cost! c. riding your mountain bike on the lawn d. both a and b 5. If landfilled diapers were stretched end to-end, they would reach from to 7 times in JUST ONE YEAR. a. Des Moines to Albuquerque b. the equator to the North Pole c. the earth to the moon d. New York to London 1 4. The science of garbology is excavating in landfills to learn what happens to garbage after it's been in the landfill for several years. a. True b. False 15. Using washable plates instead of dispos able ones is an example of what? a. martyrdom b. being old fashioned c. recycling d.* reducing waste 3 1 6. New glass containers are made from at least 30% recycled glass. a. True b. False 1 7. Which is preferable to use when shopping at the grocery store? a. paper bdg b. plastic baa c. reusable shopping bag d. all of the above -- 1 8. The legal consequences of throwing litter out a car window and being caught are: a. maximum fine of $500 b. having to attend litter prevention education classes c. one point on your driver's license d. both a and c 1 9. One gallon of motor oil can contaminate how many gallons of water? a 1 b. 10 c. 100. d. 1 million 20. News b a. insu _ b. animal bedding c. new newspaper d. all of the above be recycled into: P 02 P 61 P 81 => n o 91 P SI d vi P CI => 31 ? 11 '9UIU Sim jd pe|3/3aj Xjuoui -UJ03 JOU 8JD /#-?# pub J# DUO I# pe^JOUJ sjauiD|uoD jatfjQ sDnt ^||uj (j#) ai|t puD ssfuoq Jjuup yo? D|4SD|d ([#) 9i|)*0JD S3l(SD]d 9|qop/38J p?ja8DOO X|UOUJU103 (SOUJ OM| 9l|J_ 9|qDpXo8J SI J8U{D|U03 D UDOUi JOU saop apOD ai|| SI )j Di)SDjd io mX| )di)m Xjijuapi oi Xjuo sajjjoq 941 uo peDoja ajD mojjd aijj puD apoD # acy^ q Ql P -6 |jajl!| s,4! aujftuoouj 041 Uj 'X||Dnju9Aa a|qopDj6apoiq s(|i aing q g 3 L P 9 = S P V 3 X D Z S 'I ISU3MSNV 3 Hi MON ONV