WASTE
MANAGEMENT
JEOPARDY
100
200
300
400
500
NATURAL
RESOURCES
WHAT NATURAL
RESOURCE
IS USED TO MAKE
PAPER?
100 – NATURAL RESOURCES
WHAT TYPE OF
ROCK IS AN
IMPORTANT PART
OF THE GLASS
MAKING PROCESS?
200 – NATURAL RESOURCES
WHAT IS THE MAIN
NATURAL
RESOURCE
USED TO MAKE
PLASTICS?
300 – NATURAL RESOURCES
WHAT % OF ENERGY
IS SAVED BY
RECYCLING INSTEAD OF
PRODUCING NEW
ALUMINUM FROM ORE?
400 – NATURAL RESOURCES
NAME THE
NATURAL
RESOURCE USED TO
MAKE ALUMINUM?
500 – NATURAL RESOURCES
TREES
100 – NATURAL RESOURCES
QUARTZ
200 – NATURAL RESOURCES
PETROLEUM
300 – NATURAL RESOURCES
90 TO 95%
(accept anything over
90%)
400 – NATURAL RESOURCES
BAUXITE
500 – NATURAL RESOURCES
POLLUTION
PREVENTION
WHAT ARE THE
3 R’s?
100 – POLLUTION PREVENTION
HOW CAN YOU
PREVENT
POLLUTION WHEN
WALKING YOUR
DOG?
200 – POLLUTION PREVENTION
BESIDES REDUCING
WASTE, WHAT IS A GOOD
REASON TO USE
POLLUTION PREVENTION
TECHNIQUES?
300 – POLLUTION PREVENTION
WHAT TOXIC
ELEMENT IN
THERMOMETERS CAN
BE AVOIDED BY USING
DIGITAL ONES?
400 – POLLUTION PREVENTION
WHAT LUBRICANT
FOR A CAR’S ENGINE
CAN BE RECYCLED AT
YOUR LOCAL
LANDFILL?
500 – POLLUTION PREVENTION
REDUCE,
REUSE,
RECYCLE
100 – POLLUTION PREVENTION
SCOOP THE
POOP
200 – POLLUTION PREVENTION
USUALLY
SAVES MONEY
300 – POLLUTION PREVENTION
MERCURY
400 – POLLUTION PREVENTION
MOTOR
OIL
500 – POLLUTION PREVENTION
COMPOSTING
WHAT IS COMPOST
USED FOR?
100 - COMPOSTING
NAME 1 THING THAT
WILL SPEED UP THE
RATE OF
COMPOSTING.
200 - COMPOSTING
NAME 1 ANIMAL
THAT HELPS BREAK
DOWN MATERIALS
IN A COMPOST PILE.
300 - COMPOSTING
WHAT DOES
BIODEGRADABLE
MEAN?
400 - COMPOSTING
WHAT IS ANOTHER
NAME FOR THE RICH,
DARK MATERIAL
CREATED BY
COMPOSTING?
500 - COMPOSTING
TO IMPROVE
SOIL QUALITY
100 - COMPOSTING
SHRED THE
MATERIALS,
TURN OR WATER
THE PILE
200 - COMPOSTING
EARTHWORM,
VARIOUS
INSECTS
300 - COMPOSTING
DECOMPOSES
READILY BACK
INTO THE SOIL
400 - COMPOSTING
HUMUS
500 - COMPOSTING
LANDFILLS
ARE OPEN DUMPS
THE SAME AS
SANITARY
LANDFILLS?
100 - LANDFILLS
WHAT IS
AMERICANS #1
THROWAWAY THAT
ENDS UP IN
LANDFILLS?
200 - LANDFILL
WHAT IS THE
NAME OF THE GAS
THAT ESCAPES
FROM LANDFILLS?
300 - LANDFILLS
ABOUT HOW MUCH OF
THE MATERIAL IN A
LANDFILL COULD HAVE
BEEN RECYCLED OR
COMPOSED?
400 - LANDFILLS
HOW LONG WILL IT
TAKE AN APPLE
TO DECOMPOSE IN
A LANDFILL?
500 – LANDFILLS
NO
100 - LANDFILLS
PAPER
200 - LANDFILLS
METHANE
GAS
300 - LANDFILLS
ACCEPT
ANYTHING OVER
50%
400 - LANDFILLS
NEVER
(TRICK QUESTION)
500 - LANDFILLS
RECYCLABLE
SORTING
HOW ARE PLASTCS
SORTED FOR
RECYCLING?
100 - SORTING
HOW IS GLASS
SORTED FOR
RECYCLING?
200 - SORTING
HOW DO YOU
PREPARE
ALUMINUM CANS
FOR RECYCLING?
300 - SORTING
WHAT RECYCLABLE
MATERIAL CAN BE MADE
INTO CARPETING,
CLOTHING, TENNIS
BALLS, AND
CONTAINERS?
400 - SORTING
WHAT IS AN
MRF?
500 - SORTING
BY THE NUMBER
ON THE BOTTOM
OF THE
CONTAINER
100 – SORTING
BY COLOR
200 – SORTING
RINSE AND
CRUSH
300 – SORTING
PLASTIC
400 - SORTING
MATERIALS
RECOVERY
FACILITY
500 – SORTING
FINAL JEOPARDY
QUESTION:
RECYCLING 1 GLASS
BOTTLE SAVES
ENOUGH ENERGY TO
LIGHT A 100-WATT
BULB FOR HOW MANY
HOURS??
FINAL JEOPARDY
ANSWER:
4 HOURS