True-False Quiz: Composting

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1	Composting is the natural breakdown of organic material to a dark, loose, soil-like substance.
		True
		False




2	Organic waste such as yard and food waste account for approximately 3/4 of the waste stream in the United States.
		True
		False




3	Dumping organic wastes in landfills is highly inefficient.
		True
		False




4	Compost can be used to enrich the soil in your garden, as an additive to plant potting-mix, for landscaping and as top-dressing for your
		True
		False




5	Bones, meat, fish, and fats are suitable materials for home composting systems.
		True
		False




6	Fruit and vegetable scraps and peels from your kitchen as well as leaves, twigs and grass clippings from your lawn are good
		True
		False




7	It is not necessary to check on and monitor the composting process.
		True
		False




8	A good working compost pile will be warm when you turn it with a pitchfork or shovel.
		True
		False




9	After being cured outside, the finished compost will smell like a rich forest soil or leaf compost depending on its ingredients.
		True
		False




10	Compost piles do not need to be turned.
		True
		False

Bruno Menan - UFR Sciences - Université d'Angers