Environmental Jeopardy

pollution

100

The Biggest Contributor to Soil Pollution

A) Ocean Dumping

B) Landfills

C) Power plants 

Landfills

200

Number of pieces of trash in the ocean

5.25 Trillion

300

Number of marine animals that die yearly from plastic incidents

a) 50,000

b) 1 million

c) 100,000

100,000

400

The number of people killed and affected by pollution

100 million +

500

Tons of material prevented from being disposed off and polluting landfills due to recycling and composting in 2010

85 million

recycling

100

percent of waste in landfills that could be recycled

80%

200

Motor oil cannot be recycled, true or false

False

300

Current U.S recycling rate

32%

400

Leading city for reycling

San Francisco

500

Percent of America's waste that is recyclable

75%

composting

100

Percent of waste in landfills that can be composted

28%

200

cars on the road equivalent that would be removed if everybody composted

7.8 million

300

Way in which composting improves soil quality

Can hold 2.5 times more water

400

Gas released by waste breaking down in landfills

Methane

500

Compost bins are cold true or false

False