According to the article, what are some items that can be recycled?
Newspapers, aluminum cans, glass jars, plastic containers, and yard waste
Inorganic Materials
Materials that come from things that were never alive
Organic Materials
Materials that come from things that were once alive
Municipal Solid Waste is called _______________.
Garbage
Recycled Materials
Materials that are processed to be used again
Incinerated
Means to burn
Landfills
Modern versions of the town dump
Organic garbage degrades. What does this mean?
Breaks down
Living things that break down organic materials are called _________________.
Decomposers
Most bacteria that are decomposers are aerobic. What does this mean?
They need oxygen to live.
True or False: According to the article, each day the average American tosses out more than 4 pounds of municipal solid waste.
True
What is composting?
Organic material is broken down by aerobic bacteria, fungi, insects, and worms
How are landfills and compost piles different?
Unlike landfills, compost piles have oxygen to keep bacterial alive.
True or False: Most garbage is inorganic.
False