Provide the suitable term that expresses the meaning of each of the following statements.
An area where a lot of garbage is collected, spread out and covered with soil.
Answer
A suitable term describing/ expressing the meaning of the above given statements are as follows:
Landfill.
Answer the following questions in one or two words or sentences:
Which one out of beetles, roundworm and earthworm are used for vermicomposting and why?
Answer
Earthworms are the best organisms to be used for vermicomposting as they convert the waste from plants, animals or their products into compost.
What will you do if waste material is not picked from the waste material bin near your house? Will you cover your nose while passing along side it? What else?
Answer
We will cover our nose while passing through it but with it we will make a complaint to the officer of Municipal Corporation and tell him to make an arrangement of cleaning the waste material.
Answer the following questions in one or two words or sentences:
Who, out of the following should properly dispose of the garbage– father, mother, elder brother, younger sister?
Answer
Every member of the society or family is responsible to dispose of the garbage properly.
Why polythene bags should be avoided for garbage disposal?
Answer
Plastics thrown casually get into drains and sewages, often blocking the way and causing water-logging. So polythene bags should not be used for garbage disposal.
From where do the things written above come into the waste material?
Answer
The things written above come into the waste material through the various activities performed at home and from the waste material produced during cooking.
You must have seen children collecting things from waste material. Talk to these children and find out that by selling which things from this waste material they get money.
Answer
Children collect plastic bags, broken toys of plastics, piece of paper, cardboard, newspapers, old books, broken things of iron, etc., from the waste material to sell to get money.