Quiz on are we poisoning our Home Planet?

1. Every ------------------------the US wastes nearly 90% of recyclable newspapers. This wastes about 500,000 trees.

day

week

Sunday

2. Recycling one ------------------can save enough energy to run a TV set for 3 hrs.

Styrofoam cup

Glass bottle

Aluminium can

3. How long will it take for cotton rags to biodegrade?

5 months

1 year

50 years

4. Recycling all your home's waste newsprint, cardboard, glass and metal can reduce -------------emissions by 856 pounds a year.

Sulphur Dioxide

Carbon Monoxide

Carbon dioxide

5. Delhi belches out over ----------------tonnes of solid waste every day

1000

7000

500

6. How long will it take for a styrofoam cup to biodegrade?

10 years

100 years

Eternity

7. A family's weekly garbage production is ----------------kgs now as against 7 kgs in 1980 ( for Delhi)

40-50 kg

12-15 kg

20-30 kg

8. How long will it take for a tin can to biodegrade?

1-2 years

10 -20 years

50-100 years

9. Of the 28 commonly used pesticides at least ----------------are carcinogenic

12

6

23

10. How long will it take for plastic to biodegrade?

1 million years

100 years

1000 years