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Read Student Unit: Where Trash Goes, then answer the following questions:

1. What is a dump?
   1. A landfill
   2. A trash container
   3. A pit outside town where people used to leave trash
   4. A store where people sell their trash
2. If you went to a landfill and sorted trash into categories, which item would you find the most?
   1. Glass
   2. Food Waste
   3. Plastic
   4. Paper
3. What type of pests were found in dumps?
   1. Mosquitoes
   2. Rats
   3. Fleas
   4. All of the above
4. Which of the following is a landfill’s basic function?
   1. Isolate buried trash from the surrounding environment
   2. A habitat for pests
   3. Mix trash with the surrounding environment
   4. A museum for trash
5. True or False: A closed landfill accepts trash.
   • True
   • False
6. What do you call a place where animals have everything they need to live?
   1. Dump
   2. Habitat
   3. Landfill
   4. Pest
7. 3% of a landfill is this item:
   1. Yard Waste
   2. Paper
   3. Glass
   4. Metal
8. Landfills of today are different than those of the past because:
   1. They are bigger
   2. They use a liner to protect the environment
   3. They are deeper
   4. They have water inside them
9. True or False: The Indiana Department of Environmental Management regulates landfills in Indiana.
   • True
   • False
10. For at least how long is a closed landfill monitored?
    1. 1 year
    2. 5 years
    3. 20 years
    4. 30 years
11. How many municipal solid waste landfills are currently operating in Indiana?
    1. 4
    2. 34
    3. 74
    4. 104
12. Decomposing trash produces what type of gas?
    1. Oxygen
    2. Carbon Dioxide
    3. Nitrogen
    4. Methane