Sustainability Week
What does the word recycling mean?
any reasonable answer works!
TRUE OR FALSE: Food waste is food that is not eaten, spoiled, or thrown away.
TRUE
What should you do before eating or preparing food?
Wash your hands!
What is a sweet food made by bees called?
What color are the recycling bins at Winona elementary?
Green
TRUE!
True or False: leftovers that are left out overnight are safe to eat
FALSE!!
What is the main ingredient in guacamole? (hint: it's one of those foods that seems like it would be a vegetable but it's actually a fruit!)
Avocado
True or False: We need a clean, healthy environment to live in.
TRUE
TRUE OR FALSE: Glass can be recycled an infinite amount of times (infinite means over and over again forever!)
True! :0
What does the word hygiene mean?
conditions or practices conducive to maintaining health and preventing disease, especially through cleanliness
OR something like that lol
Earth is the ______ planet from the sun.
(first, second, third, fourth, etc.)?
third
- 3 minutes
- 12 minutes
- 60 minutes
12 minutes
Which of these items is NOT recyclable:
- glass
- soup cans
- pencils
- plastic milk jug
pencils
TRUE OR FALSE: Bacteria on food can not make you sick.
False! Bacteria growing on food can make you sick!
What is the capital of Colorado?
Name two things you can do to be more environmentally friendly.
Lots of answers could work like:
riding your bike to get places (with an adult of course)
using a reusable bag at the grocery store
taking shorter showers
cleaning up your trash!
Recycling thing that are recyclable
Explain why recycling might be important in helping our environment.
Your call on this one!
What should you do if you have leftover food to save for later?
Any reasonable answer will work, but emphasize the importance of putting food away in an airtight container and in the fridge if necessary.
Also this would be a good time to address the issue of saving our snacks/ our friends who pour their snacks on the tables - the safer thing to do would be to keep our snacks in their bags and make sure to never ever eat anything off of the ground!
What is the name of the longest river on Earth? (hint: it is a river in Egypt)
The Nile River
FINAL JEOPARDY - GROUPS MAKE YOUR WAGERS
How long does it take plastic to decompose into the environment?
Millions and millions of years or never are acceptable answers!