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It’s not only politicians who

make our environment better or


worse. What about you? Are you
doing things that hurt the planet
or are you doing things that
make it better?
Do this quiz and find out.
Be honest!

Do you turn off Do you switch on How do you get


lights heaters when to school/work?
and heaters you’re
When no only a little bit a) I go by car.
one is using cold? b) I take a bus or
them
a) Yes, quite often. train.
a) Yes, always. c) I walk or go
b) Sometimes
b) Sometimes. by bicycle.
c) No, never.
c) I don’t usually
think about it. Do you throw
When you put food in rubbish down
How often do you make a the fridge, what do you the toilet?
journey by keep it in?
car when it’s really possible a) No, never.
a) Plastic boxes or bottles
to walk? b) Sometimes.
which you can use
c) Often.
a) Very often. again.
b) Wrapping that you Do you try to use
b) Not often.
throw recycled
c) Never.
away. paper?

What do you do with your


rubbish
from a picnic?

a) I always take it home or throw it


in
the rubbish bin somewhere.
b) I leave it.
When you buy any kind of spray
How often do you
can, a) Never.
use
do you buy aerosol b)
only one side of a
sprays?
sheet Sometimes.
of paper c) Always.
a) Yes.
b) If I can’t find any a) Never.
others. b) Sometimes. When you go shopping,
c) Never. c) Often. do
you take your bag with
When you go to the beach, do Do you buy plastic you and not take a plastic
you cups, bag from the shop?
move rocks and stones in plastic knives and
pools or forks, not China cups, a) Always.
take home shells and plants? metal knives and forks? b) Sometimes.

a) Never. c) Never.
a) Yes, often.
b) Quite often. If you go fishing, do you
b) Sometimes.
c) Sometimes. take
c) No, never.
home all your things?
If you go to the country-
side, do you walk on the Before you go
waterskiing, a) I don’t go
paths?
scuba diving, sailing or fishing.
a) Yes, always.
use a jet ski, do you b) Yes.
check that it is safe for
b) Always, if it is c) No.
animals in the area?
possible. a) I don’t do any Are you a member of
c) No. of those things. an
b) Yes. environmental group?
c) No.
a) Yes.
Do you write mails b) No.
about
environmental problems
to people who can do
something?
a) Yes, often.
b) Sometimes.
c) Never.

Score

Check your answers from the quiz. The more points you get the more eco-friendly you are.

1. a) 3 b) 2 c) 0 5. a) 1 b) 0 13. a) 3 b) 1 c) 0
2. a) 0 b) 1 c) 3 6. a) 3 b) 1 c) 0 14. a) 3 b) 3 c) 0
7. a) 3 b) 0 15. a) 3 b) 3 c) 0
16. a) 3 b) 2 c) 0
We use coal, oil and gas in
We throw away too much
our homes. We also make
and in the wrong places. We When you move things on a
electricity from coal, oil
fill the world’s seas and beach, you can disturb the
and gas. When these burn,
they make carbon dioxide beaches with rubbish. wildlife there. Many water
and other gases, and these sports kill sea animals. Some
help cause the greenhouse 8. a) 3 b) 2 c) 0 things that people use for
effect and acid rain. So if 9. a) 0 b) 2 c) 3 fishing kill animals if people
we use less coal, oil, gas and leave them near the river or
Paper comes from trees. If
electricity in our homes, we sea. If you move off paths in
we use a lot of paper, we
help the environment. the countryside, you can
kill a lot of trees.
disturb animals.

3. a) 0 b) 3 c) 3 10. a) 0 b) 1 c) 3 17. a) 3 b) 2 c) 0
4. a) 0 b) 2 c) 3
18. a) 3 b) 0
The gases from aerosol
Cars produce gases. They
cans destroy theozone Everyone can do something to
add to the greenhouse
layer. They also add to the help.
effect. They help make acid
greenhouse effect. Source: Nexus.
rain. They make the air
dirty.
11. a) 0 b) 2 c) 3
12. a) 3 b) 1 c) 0

When we buy a lot of things


that have a short life, we
make more rubbish.

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