Tuesday 31 May 2011

WEB QUEST 2

Part 1- Calculate your carbon footprint!



Questions:

What’s your carbon footprint?

Considering just the secundary item, my emission of CO2 is 5.79 tonnes


What’s the average carbon footprint of a person?
The web site says: The average footprint for people in Chile is 3.87 tonnes.

Part 2 - Take these Recycling quizzes



Questions:

Recycling just one glass bottle or jar can save enough energy to run your TV for__3 hours__
but it depens on Tv, i think.
What are good ingredients for making compost?
We have two categories: Brown Materials such as leaves, hay, straw and paper, and Green materials such as grass clippings, fresh manure, vegetable trimmings and most green plant cuttings.
What do we mean by recycling?
Reprocessing of old materials into new products.
Where can recyclable goods come from?
Home, Industry, Business.

Is this true? > Recycling aluminum uses only 15% of the energy required by virgin production
False. Recycling aluminum uses only 5% of the energy required by virgin production

Part 3- Video: >> Top ten tips for recycling


Watch the video and choose the best 3 tips in your opinion.

1. to separate the garbage

2. remember to keep dump lid closed
3. squash plastic bottles to save space

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