How much do you know about recycling?
Try to answer the following recycling questions. Write down your answer on a separate sheet of scrap paper. After you've answered all the questions, compare your answers to the ones at the bottom of this page. Add up your score, and see where you fit in.
1) Every day, a person produces ___ pounds of waste.
a) 1
b) 2
c) 3
d) 4
2) What percent of our trash is recyclable?
a) 10%
b) 25%
c) 50%
d) 75%
3) What percent of our trash actually is recycled?
a) 5%
b) 10%
c) 25%
d) 50%
4) When used effectively, recycling programs...
a) still cost more than regular trash disposal.
b) cost about the same as regular trash disposal.
c) can cost less than regular trash disposal.
d) never work right.
5) Complete the sentence. I...
a) am a super-supporter of recycling and ecology.
b) think recycling is a good idea.
c) don't really pay attention to ecology.
d) am not sure what "ecology" means.
6) At home, do you...
a) recycle anything that can be recycled?
b) try to recycle things that can be recycled?
c) recycle a few things?
d) not recycle at all?
7) Do you know what the number inside the recycling symbol on the bottom of plastic bottles means?
a) Yes
b) No
8) What are the three R's?
a) recycle, remake, redistribute
b) reduce, reuse, recycle
c) reuse, reform, recycle
d) I have no idea!
9) How much of an average dump is made up of paper?
a) 10%
b) 20%
c) 30%
d) 40%
10) With regards to recycling:
a) I want to know as much as I can about recycling!
b) I'm interested in recycling, and wanted to see what this page had to offer.
c) It was the first page that the search engine came up with.
d) I don't know why I'm here.
OK. Now that you've taken the quiz and wrote down your answers, let's see what the real answers are! In this table, the numbers on the left are the question numbers, and the letters across the top are the choices. For example: if you answered B on #1, then you get 2 points!
A | B | C | D | |
1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
4 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
7 | 2 | 0 |
|
|
8 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
9 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
Now add up your score and compare what you got to these groups:
35 - 42 --- You're a friend of the earth! Keep up the great work!
28 - 34 --- You seem to have a good working knowledge of recycling, but you could know more...
20 - 27 --- Not bad, but recycling is an important topic--learn more!
12 - 19 --- You do live on this planet, right?
4 - 11 --- ?????????????????????????????????
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