BSS, WTC: Quiz competition sample questions Class IV & V

1. What does it mean to reduce? Use less of something, creating smaller amounts of waste.
2. What is the basic purpose of Reducing, Reusing, and Recycling? To make the Earth cleaner.
3. What does it mean to reuse? Use something over and over again.
4. Which type of bag is better for the environment? Reusable bag.
5. What does it mean to recycle? Make something into something new.
6. Which age group is appropriate for Recycling? Adults
7. Which of the following is NOT a recyclable material? (Paper, Plastic, Food and Metal) = Food
8. How can you reduce your water usage at home?
By shutting off the water while you brush your teeth and taking shorter showers.
9. Which of the following is bad for the environment? Recycling, Littering, Reducing and Reusing? Littering
10. Which types of garbage can be recycled? All
11. How much energy could one recycled tin can save? Enough to power a TV for 3 hours
12. Which takes more energy to create paper new or recycled? Recycle paper.
13. What does three Rs represents? Reduce - Reuse - Recycle
14. Donating is an example of? Reusing
15. When you buy rechargeable batteries you help? Reusing
16. When was the Recycling started? Early in the 70s
17. How can we achieve Composting? By Organic waste
18. At which level can we do Composting?
It can be done in industrial scale, or at the municipal level, or even in domestic scale.
19. There is no recycling procedure for lubricant oil. False
20. We should abandon our car we don't use in order for the town authorities to collect it. False
22. Which metal is called as "Energy Bank" as it saved energy in recycling? Aluminum
23. How much energy is saved by recycling aluminum? 70%
24. How many trees will be saved by recycling 1 ton of paper? Over 15-20 trees
25. How many times glass can be recycled without alteration? Continuously
26. Which type of plastic is friendlier to the environment? PVC
27. Which type of plastic is more dangerous to the environment? PET
28. Which material do you think takes the most time to dissolve in nature? A bottle of glass (1-2 million
years)
29. How many times aluminum can be recycled? Continuously.
30. How many arrows are there on a recycling label? Three arrows
31. What is the percentage of waste in a house that is recyclable? 40-60%
32. What kinds of paper can’t be recycled? Milk or juice cartons
33. What are the 3Rs that help us make less garbage? Reduce, reuse, and recycle,
34. Which objects can be made by man by taking out the raw material from earth? Natural products
35. What percentage of earth’s water is fresh water? 3%
36. Which natural resource can be saved by recycling paper? Trees
37. Plastic is made from which natural resource? Oil
38. Which waste material is recycled into a rich, dark soil amendment called compost in process of
composting? Food and yard waste
39. In a landfill, how long does it take for an aluminum can to break down? 200-500 years
40. What is another name we use for garbage? Junk, waste, trash
41. How long has garbage been around? As long as people have been on earth
42. When you throw out your garbage, where does it first goes? To a Transfer Station
43. How much garbage does the average person in the United States make in one day? 4.5 pounds
44. What are some of the common materials that we can recycle? Plastic and glass bottles, aluminum and
steel cans and paper
45. How can we decrease the amount of waste we make? Recycling
46. Once we throw away something where does it goes? It disappears after many years in a landfill.
47. Changing old materials into new products is called as? Recycling
48. How many sea creatures have been killed by throwing the Plastic bags into the ocean in a year? One
million.
49. What is the consequence of not doing the recycling as much as it should be? The rainforests are
actually be cut down by about 100 acres a minute.
50. How much aluminum cans are used annually, around the world? 80 billion
51 How much energy is being saved by recycling 1 glass bottle?
It would save enough energy to power a computer for 25 minutes.
52. What are the 3 main sources of pollutants?
1) Transportation 2) Burning in stationary sources, cooling
3) Coal-burning power plants and trash
53. What is done with food scraps? It is used to make food for plants - it’s called ‘compost’
54. Which type of batteries are considered as the best? Rechargeable
55. By recycling just one bottle we could save enough energy to light a light bulb for... 4 hours. True
56. Glass can be recycled for practically forever. It never breaks down! True
57. A milk carton, a drink can, a plastic bag, a toilet roll. Which of these items can NOT be put in your
recycling bin at home? A toilet roll
58. Which is a pirate’s favorite letter? C
59. Recycling one aluminum can instead of making a new one from raw materials saves how much energy?
5%
60. For how long you can light up a bulb by recycling a plastic bottle? 60 mins
61. Which of these is not one of the three R’s for dealing with waste a. Reduce b. Replay c. Recycle
62. What is Compost ? A type of soil
63. What is vermin compost? The soil-like substance used to help plants grow made by worms
65. What is the best thing to do with an empty bottle? Recycle it or reuse it at home for multiple
purpose.
66. How does the use of refillable water bottle helps you? You can Save money and reduce waste
68. How can you reduce your rubbish? Buying items with less packaging
69. How many times an aluminum can be recycled? Over and over again
70. How can we ensure the re-use by buying? By buying Used items
71 How much the trash in dustbin could be recycled? Over 60% of the trash could be recycled.
72. What is the best way to reduce the amount of paper that we use? Use both sides of the paper
73. For recycling which material you should put into a textile bank? Clothes
75. Name the best thing we can do with our rubbish? Recycle
76. Materials like garbage that are not recycled are put where? In the landfill
77. Which products are commonly made of High Density Polyethylene (HDPE)
Milk jugs, Plastic bottles, hard hats, Water pipes, Plastic lumber
78. What products are commonly made Polyethylene Terephthalate (PETE or PET)
Plastic bottles (water, soft drinks, etc.), Polyester clothing, Furniture and Carpeting.
79. Which diseases are caused by PET? Digestive issues, Lung, heart, liver, and kidney damage
80. What does PVC stands for? Polyvinyl Chloride
81. Instead of throwing out old clothes and towels, Julia cuts the items up and uses them as cleaning rags.
This is an example of which waste management strategies? Reusing
82. What amount of Energy can be saved by producing plastic products from recycled plastics instead of
virgin materials? 66%
83. What is the average lifetime of a cloth? It is approximately 3 years.
84. How much natural resources can be saved by recycling a ton of glass.
More than a ton of natural resources can be saved
85. How many jobs are created in the process of recycling?
Recycling a thousand tons of glass can create jobs for eight individuals.
86. What happened with Glass that is thrown away in landfills? It never decomposes.
87. Which is the most recycled consumer products? Automobiles
88. How much water is contaminated if a gallon of paint is not disposed of appropriately?
It can contaminate up to 25 million gallons of drinking water.
89. What is the hierarchy of 3 Rs? Reduces, reuse and recycle.
90. Riyan has started to compost his food scraps and leaves/yard trimmings. This is an example of which of
the following? Recycle.
91. If you paint old chairs to make them look new you, what does it mean? Reusing.
92. If you make 2 sided copies and print everything you can on 2 side, what does it means? Reducing.
93. If you make a quilt from old clothes you are doing what? Reusing
94. Which material has the largest percentage of material thrown away? Paper.
95. Most bottles and jars contain how much recycled glass? At least 25%
96. How much clothing are reused every year? One million pounds
97. How much energy is saved by recycling 1 ton of glass? 1 ton of natural resources.
98. If you throw away your aluminum cans, for how long it will stay? Up to 500 years or more.
99. How much energy could we save If we recycled all newspapers? Over 250 million trees each year.
100. How many trees are cut down to make 1 ton of newspaper? 24 trees.
101. In which city of Pakistan, first landfill site was made? Lahore.
102. Which company has introduced the project of sanitary Landfill site in Pakistan?
Lahore waste Management committee, at Lakhodair
103. What does NEAP stands for?
National Environment Action Plan, Pakistan
104. How many landfills are operational in Pakistan?
In Karachi, there are three while in Lahore 2 landfills sites.But in many other major cities government is
planning to make such sites.
105. What is the ranking of Gujranwala in Solid waste generation in major cities? 7th, 3125 tons per day.
106. Where is the world’s greatest and dangerous landfill site?
Great Pacific Garbage Patch, Pacific Ocean, others are in Boloivia, Ghana, India, Indonesia, Kenya,
Kyrgyzstan, Nigeria, Brazil etc.
107. How many major landfill sites are famous around the world? 80 landfills
108. Which 3 countries are the best at recycling? Switzerland, Austria and Germany
109. Which country recycles the most plastic waste? Sweden
110. Which country recycles the most in the world?
Germany, South Korea, Slovenia, and Austria are the world leaders in recycling,
111. Which states of USA do not recycle? Name any
two. California, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii,Iowa, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New York,
112. What is the percentage of people who don t recycle, in USA? 25%
113. Name three best recycling companies around the world. Recology Inc. Advanced Disposal Services
LTDClean Harbors Ltd
114. Name three best plastic recycling companies of Pakistan. Chohan IBA, Shaheen Traders, Universal
traders
115. How do you recycle at school or at home?
Contact your local council and ask them to provide your school with a paper-recycling bin.
Set up a paper collection scheme for each classroom by making 'paper only' boxes for the children and
teachers to put used paper in. Make sure they are clearly labelled and placed in an obvious place.
116. How can we reduce garbage of our school? Share/Suggest any three.
Use a lunch box or reusable lunch bag.
Pack sandwiches or salads in a reusable container.
Bring a drink in a thermos instead of packing a drink box or one-use water bottle. ...
Avoid pre-assembled lunch kits with excess packaging that gets thrown away.
117. How can we reuse things at school? Share any three.
Reuse
Use reusable envelopes for interoffice mail.
Refill toner cartridges.
Use scrap paper for notes. ...
Encourage students who bring their lunch to pack it in reusable materials.
On a locker clean-out day, have a donation table for usable items that students would otherwise discard.