Chapter 8, Lesson 3 Online Quiz

When garbage is taken from your garbage cans, it is not recycled, it is taken to a large area somewhere and dumped to allow it to break down and deteriorate.  This area where the garbage is placed is a:  (all one word with no spaces)

One of the fossil fuels that we have an abundant amount of here in the USA but we still import from other countries is:

The three "R's" of conservation are:

• Reduce, refuse, rewind

• Reuse, reverse, refuse

• Reduce, reuse, recycle

• Recycle, reuse, repeat

Which of the following is the definition we used in class to define CONSERVATION?

• The earth and all of its resources

• The use of natural resources carelessly

• Wisely using the earth's resources

• An area set aside for an animals natural habitat

The best definition for recycling is:

• Recovering a resource from one item and using that resource to make another item.

• The mining of different resources to be used in products.

• The reusing of materials for other things, for instance, making a vase out of a used water bottle.

• None of the above

Which of the following is NOT a good way to conserve resources?

• Take a shower instead of a bath

• Eat less food and be a little more hungry

• Use a glass at home for drinks instead of a plastic cup

• Eat everything that you put on your plate a dinner

In the space provided, describe one way you could REDUCE the amount of resources you use.

In the space provided, describe one way you can REUSE some of the resources that you use.