Test for Friday October 8th

Question 1

What is a dépotoir?

Answer 1

Garbage dump (or landfill)

Question 2

How much garbage does the average person in Québec produce per year?

(Hint: the number is in kg, or kilograms)

Answer 2

700kg

Question 3

What are 3 bad things about a dépotoir?

Answer 3

1. They overflow
2. Make pollution
3. Smell bad

Question 4

What is ‘3VR’? Use the french words

Answer 4

Réduir, réutuliser, recycler, valoriser

Question 5

What is a ‘déchet’ (or, ‘what is garbage’)?

Answer 5

A good that has been used and then thrown out in a garbage can or in nature

Question 6

What happens to garbage when you throw it out into a dépotoir (or landfill)

Answer 6

It breaks down (or disintegrates)

Question 7

Does all garbage break down in the same amount of time?

Answer 7

No

Question 8

How long does paper take to break down?

Answer 8

1-5 months

Question 9

How long do fruit peels (like banana peels) take to break down?

Answer 9

1-6 months

Question 10

How long does it take for newspapers to break down?

Answer 10

3-12 months

Question 11

How long does it take for cigarette butts (the end of the cigarette after it is all used up) to break down?

Answer 11

1-2 years

Question 12

How long does it take for chewing gum to break down?

Answer 12

5 years

Question 13

How long do aluminum cans (like the ones soups are in) take to break down?

Answer 13

10-200 years

Question 14

How long do styrofoam cups (the white cups for water or juice) take to break down?

Answer 14

50-80 years

Question 15

How long do plastic bags or plastic bottles take to break down?

Answer 15

100-1000 years

Question 16

How long do glass bottles (like what Coca-Cola is in) take to break down?

Answer 16

4000-5000 years

Question 17

What are the 4 principles of 3VR?

Hint: it’s 4 different words, 3 begin with ‘R’ and one begins with ‘V’

Answer 17

1. Reduce (réduire),
2. Reuse (réutiliser),
3. Recycle (recycler),
4. Give it value (valoriser)

Question 18

In the principles of 3VR, what is the definition of ‘réduire’ (reduce)?

(Hint: there are three things that you do when you reduce)

Answer 18

Produce less, consume less, and avoid products that take a long time to break down

Question 19

In the principles of 3VR, what is the definition of ‘réutiliser’ (reuse)?

Answer 19

Give away, borrow, rent, or buy used goods

Question 20

In the principles of 3VR, what is the definition of ‘recycler’ (recycle)?

Answer 20

Take the main material (matière première) of a product and make it into new products

Question 21

In the principles of 3VR, what is the definition of ‘valoriser’ (give it value)?

Answer 21

Give a good a ‘second life’ instead of throwing it out, or turn it into energy like composting.

Question 22

What is the definition of the expression ‘matière première’?

Answer 22

Anything in nature that we can transform or use to make things or produce energy

Question 23

What are 2 examples of things that are ‘matières premières’?

(Hint: one of them is in nature, and the other one is in cars)

Answer 23

1. Oil (pétrole) is used to make plastic.

2. Wood (le bois) from trees is used to make paper.

Question 24

In your average garbage can in Québec, what are the 4 different kinds of materials that are in the garbage can, and what percent (%) of space (out of 100%) do each of them take up in the garbage can? (Hint: some of it is recyclable, and some of it is not)

Answer 24

44% - Organic materials (matière organique) like food and leaves (nourriture et feuilles)

20% - Paper and cartons (papier et carton)

16% - Plastic, glass, and metal (plastique, verre, et métal)

20% - Other stuff like tissues and other objects

Question 25

What are the 5 steps in the cycle of recycling? (Or, when something is recycled, what are the 5 steps that happens?)

Answer 25

1. Extracting the primary material (matière première) 2. Creating a new product 3. Using the product 4. Putting it in the garbage 5. Back to (1)

Question 26

When you organize your garbage, what do you do?

Answer 26

You separate what is recyclable and what is not recyclable

Question 27

What does the french word 'refus' mean?

Answer 27

A french word for 'garbage'

Question 28

Once you separate all of your garbage into different bins and put them outside, what does the city (la Municipalité)? (Hint: it's a special 'key word' for the test)

Answer 28

They come with their trucks to make a 'selective collection' (collecte sélective)

Question 29

What is a 'selective collection' (collecte sélective)?

Answer 29

Different trucks that pick up only certain kids of garbage (like recycling only, or compost only) come to your house and empty your bin into their trucks

Question 30

Where do the recycling trucks go after they pick up the recycling?

Answer 30

A triage center (centre de tris)

Question 31

What is a triage center (centre de tris)?

Answer 31

A place where they take your garbage and separate it even more, so they take away what they can recycle into new things, and throw out what they can't recycle into new things

Question 32

In the cahier, what are 7 examples of the different kinds of materials the triage center (centre de tris) separates the garbage as? (Hint: 'materials' means the kind of stuff that is used to make things, like how plastic is used to make water bottles)

Answer 32

1. Acier (or 'fer', iron) and other metals 2. Briques alimentaire (like juice boxes) 3. Aluminum 4. Opaque plastic (that is not see-through) 5. Transparent plastic 6. Newspaper and cardboard 7. Rejected materials (things that can't be recycled)

Question 33

What is the cool way the triage center separates iron from the rest of the garbage?

Answer 33

A big magnet

Question 34

Some garbage material in the triage center is refused, because they don't have factories in Québec that can recycle them. What is an example of 1 of those materials? (Hint: it is one specific thing, not a type of material)

Answer 34

Le polystyrène, a kind of plastic

Question 35

The triage center also rejects garbage that has to go in collection centers ('centres de collecte'). What is a collection center?

Answer 35

A place that buys or gets for free garbage that goes to a different recycling place that isn't in Québec

Question 36

What are 2 examples of garbage that goes to collection centers?

Answer 36

1. Batteries ('piles') | 2. Lightbulbs ('ampoules')

Question 37

Why is it important that you only put the right things into the recycling? (Hint: there are two reasons)

Answer 37

1. The stuff that can't be recycled goes to the junkyard | 2. Processing things that can't be recycled wastes time at the triage center, so it makes recycling more expensive

Question 38

When you recycle things, primary materials ('matières premières) are extracted from it. You can use the primary materials to make RECYCLABLE MATERIALS (objects and things like bottles or clothing material). You can use those recyclable materials to make NEW PRODUCTS (like shirts and soccer balls) What are 5 examples of these 'matières premières'?

Answer 38

1. Oil ('pétrole') 2. Sand ('sable') 3. Aluminum, 4. Iron ('mineral de fer') 5. Wood ('bois')

Question 39

What are the 4 good things that happen when you recycle?

Answer 39

1. Reduce the creation of garbage 2. Preserving natural resources 3. Protecting the environment 4. Saving money

Question 40

What is composting?

Answer 40

A way of recycling organic garbage that turns it into soil called 'compost'

Question 41

What are 3 types of organic garbage or compostable things?

Answer 41

1. Plants 2. Food scraps 3. Paper

Question 42

What is the cycle of composting? Or, when something is composted, what are the 6 steps that happen? (Hint: there are 6 steps)

Answer 42

1. Throwing garbage out into the compost bin 2. A truck picks up the compost bin, or you bury the garbage in your backyard 3. Micro-organisms, bugs, and mushrooms break down the garbage 4. Compost is created 5. People use the compost to make things 6. Back to (1)

Question 43

What is good about 'compost' (the word for the dirt that composting turns garbage into)

Answer 43

It is full of nutrients that feeds plants

Question 44

What are the 4 advantages of composting? | Hint: 3 of them 'reduces' bad things

Answer 44

1. Reduce creation of garbage by reusing it 2. Naturally produces soil (compost) to feed plants and make them grow 3. Reduce the use of bad chemicals people use on plants that hurt the environment 4. Reduces the amount of gas that is bad for the environment in landfills

Question 45

Do all countries produce the same amount of garbage?

Answer 45

No

Question 46

Give 1 example of a country that produces MORE garbage than Canadians

Answer 46

United States

Question 47

Give 1 example of a country that produces LESS garbage than Canadians

Answer 47

Japan

Question 48

What does the geographic land of Japan look like? Is it all one land, or is it made up of different lands like islands?

Answer 48

It is made up of 4 islands

Question 49

Does Japan have a lot of people in it?

Answer 49

Yes

Question 50

In Tokyo, Japan, how many categories do the people have to separate their garbage into?

Answer 50

9

Question 51

In the city of Kamikatsu, Japan, how many categories do they separate their garbage into?

Answer 51

34

Question 52

Why does the city of Kamikatsu separate their garbage into so many categories?

Answer 52

They want to get rid of all garbage

Question 53

In many countries, what did people used to wrap things up with, like wrapping food or other products?

Answer 53

Banana leaves

Question 54

Why was using banana leaves to wrap things up with (like food and other things) a good idea?

Answer 54

Banana leaves break down into compost very quickly

Question 55

What do many countries use now to wrap things up with?

Answer 55

Plastic

Question 56

Why is using plastic to wrap things up with bad?

Answer 56

It takes many years to turn into compost