LET’S PLAY JEOPARDY!!

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LETS PLAY JEOPARDY!!
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Jeopardy
Hazardous Waste
Landfills
Recycling
Composting
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Final Jeopardy
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What is the best thing to do with left over paint
that is still usable?

• Give it to someone who can use it
• Throw it in the garbage
• Pour it on the ground

Answer
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Correct Answer A
Someone else may be able to use the
paint. Sharing leftover paint can save money and
help keep our environment clean.
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True or False
Used oil filters can be recycled.
Answer
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Correct Answer True
Used oil filters are composed mainly of steel and
should be recycled. Contact your local government
recycling department to see if they are collected.
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Which of the following groups of household
cleaners are safest for the environment?

• Bleach and furniture polish
• Dynamite, acid and moth balls
• White vinegar, baking soda and lemon juice

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Correct Answer C
Vinegar, baking soda and lemon juice are all
effective cleaners and are not considered
household hazards.
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DOUBLE JEOPARDY
What is a foot long, is in your car, and has
twenty pounds of poison in it?

• Last weeks submarine sandwich
• Your car battery
• The club

Answer
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Correct Answer B
Car batteries contain lead and acid, which are
toxic. The lead can be recycled. Contact your
local government to learn more about recycling
you car batteries.
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What does mercury (for example in a thermometer)
look like at room temperature?

• A solid silver metal
• A silver liquid
• A coppery-colored liquid

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Correct Answer B
Mercury is silver in color and is the only metal
that is a liquid at room temperature. It can
evaporate and move easily.
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True or False
Trash decomposes in a landfill at the same rate
as a compost pile.
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Correct Answer False
A landfill attempts to remove all light, air and
moisture which are needed for decomposition.
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What does the term NIMBY mean?
A. Not in Mikes Barn Yard B. National Institute
for Moroccans C. Not in My Backyard
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Correct Answer C
NIMBY means Not in My Backyard and refers to
how many people feel about landfills. They do not
want landfills built nears their homes.
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Which of the following comprises more of our
garbage?

• Diapers
• B. Plastic soda bottles
• C. Paper

Answer
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Correct Answer C
Paper is the largest portion of the U.S. waste
stream.
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What is the most common form of garbage disposal
in the U.S.?

• Burning
• Landfill
• Composting

Answer
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Correct Answer B
54 of waste generated in the U.S. is
Landfilled, 24.9 recycled, 12.6
waste- To-energy, and 8.5 is composting
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How many plastic bottles are thrown away every
hour in the U.S.?

• 300
• 3,000
• 300,000
• 3,000,000

Answer
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Correct Answer D
Americans consume 4 million plastic bottles per
hour and only 25 of them are currently recycled!
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DOUBLE JEOPARDY

• What materials, other than trees, can be used to
  make paper?
• Plastic, oil, and sand
• Rice, cloth rags, hemp, and Kanaff
• Nothing - paper can only come from trees

Answer
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Correct Answer B The Declaration of
Independence is written on hemp paper. Before
this century most paper was made from cloth rags.

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• What ingredient is always needed to make new
  steel?
• Old steel
• Coal
• Nickel

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Correct Answer A The steel making process
requires the use of old steel to make new steel.
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• Recycling 3 glass bottles saves enough energy to
  light a 100-watt light bulb for
• Four minutes
• Four hours
• Four days

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Correct Answer B It saves enough energy to
light a 100-watt light bulb for four hours or
operate a television for three hours.
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• When aluminum cans are made from recycled
  aluminum, how much energy is saved?
• None
• 50
• 95

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Correct Answer C Manufacturing aluminum cans
from recycled aluminum uses 95 less energy.
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• The U.S. makes up 5 of the worlds population.
  How much of the worlds waste does the U.S.
  create?
• 20
• 80
• 50

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Correct Answer C The U.S. creates 50 of the
worlds waste.
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• What can be made from recycled plastic bottles?
• Carpet
• Ski jackets and sleeping bags
• Another bottle
• All of the above

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Correct Answer D Soda bottles can become
clothes, carpet, picnic tables rulers, containers
and new plastic bottles.
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DOUBLE JEOPARDY

• The statue of Liberty was
• restored with
• Recycled scrap metal
• Concrete
• Plastic

Answer
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Correct Answer A Recycled scrap metal was used
on the Statue of Liberty.
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• Which of the following currently
• has the highest recycling rate?
• Newspaper
• Aluminum cans
• Glass bottles

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Correct Answer B The aluminum recycling rate
is 58.1. Aluminum cans are easy to recycle, and
recycling saves energy, natural resources, and
money.
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True or False To complete the recycling loop,
your recyclable materials must be made into a new
product and then purchased by someone.
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Correct Answer True Recycling is not finished
when you put recyclables in a bin. Recyclables
must be made into new products and purchased by
someone.
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• How many trees does it take to make one ton of
  virgin
• (non-recycled) printing
• and office paper?
• 24 trees
• 20 trees
• 15 trees

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Correct Answer A One ton of uncoated virgin
(non-recycled) printing and office paper uses 24
trees.
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Compost can be used for A. Helping plants to
grow B. Your soil C. Both A and B
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Correct Answer C Compost is good for the soil
and the plants.

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• What materials can be composted?
• Food leftovers (no meat, bones or grease)
• Yard clippings and leaves
• Both A and B

Answer
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Correct Answer C Along with yard waste, most
of the food that goes into your garbage can be
composted.
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What is the best way to reduce the amount of
grass clippings sent to landfills? A. Burn
them B. Grasscycle - Leave grass clippings on the
lawn when mowing C. Dump them in neighbors yard
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Correct Answer B Grass clippings decompose,
release valuable nutrients into the soil
and fertilize the lawn.
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• Cut Christmas trees can be recycled. This is done
  by
• Burning them
• Shredding them for mulch
• Dipping them in plastic

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Correct Answer B Mulch that tree! Contact your
local recycling coordinator to find out where to
recycle Christmas trees in your community.
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DOUBLE JEOPARDY
What are the best kinds of worms for worm
composting? A. Night crawlers B. Red wigglers C.
Inch worms
Answer
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Correct Answer B Red wigglers can survive the
heat of a compost pile, and they love to eat food
waste.
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Final Jeopardy

• How much organic material can a Red Wiggler worm
  consume in one day?
• ½ of its body weight
• 10 pounds
• Worms do not eat every day

Answer
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Final Jeopardy Answer
Correct Answer A Red wigglers can eat ½ or more
of their body weight a day.