Definitions
What does biodegradable mean?
Living organisms breaking down
Name one type of organism in a food chain?
Answers may vary (producer, consumer, decomposer)
What is an organism?
Any living thing
Name something that won't biodegrade?
Answers may vary (plastics, glass, metal)
name an example of how to dispose of garbage
dump, incinerator, compactor, landfill, recycle
Name something that has a flammable symbol on it
Answers may vary. Hairspray, any Aerosols, any gas product
consumer
Name of an animal that only eats meat
What is a Carnivore
What is leachate?
The liquid that comes from a landfill that is collected
Where do you take paint and batteries?
To an ECO recycle place like Airdrie Recycle Depot
Are food scraps natural waste or human waste?
Human waste, but it can go to compost
The producer
Name of an animal that only eats plants
What is a herbivore?
Landfill
Name 4 types of toxic waste?
Flammable, Explosive, Corrosive, Toxic
Are leaves natural waste or human waste?
Natural waste
What is a food chain?
It shows how each living organism gets food and how energy is passed from organism to organism.
What is a omnivore?
Name 3 ways to reduce waste?
Reusing items, buy items with less packaging, composting, rethinking what you buy, reduce your waste
Where can you dispose of dead batteries safely?
Airdrie Recycle Depot, Staples, London Drugs or anywhere that collects them for proper disposal.
What is the symbol with the skull and bones?
Poisonous or Toxic
Put the following food chain in the right order:
rabbit, eagle, snake, grass
Grass, Snake, Rabbit, Eagle
or Grass, Rabbit, Snake, Eagle
Name 4 types of decomposers
Funghi, mold, mushrooms, bacteria, insects, worms
Where does Airdrie's garbage at the Transfer site go?
To Calgary's landfill
Answers may vary (use styrofoam, use wasteful amounts of material, use multiple types of materials)