Test yourself Do you worry about the environment?

DO YOU WORRY ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENT?
Choose the correct answer for you.
Imagine you are on holiday abroad. You eat chocolate-covered sweets but there are no rubbish bins to put their wrappers in. what do you do?
Keep the wrappers in your pocket until you see a bin. (3)
Throw them on the ground. It is not your fault there are not enough rubbish bins. (1)
It depends. If there is a lot of rubbish on the ground, you might “drop them accidentally”. (2)
On the way home you are very thirsty. What do you buy?
Something in a non- recyclable plastic bottle. (1)
Something in a glass bottle or aluminium can. (3)
Something in a carton. (2)
Your Walkman always needs new batteries. What do you do?
Buy re-chargeable batteries. (3)
Put the old batteries in the bin and buy new ones. (1)
Buy new ones and take the old ones to a recycling center. (2)
If you lived near a beach, how would you react if a fast food restaurant opened near the beach?
Be pleased but also worried about more rubbish on the beach. (2)
Be pleased. Now you can eat burgers on the beach. (1)
You never eat at fast food places because there is too much packing. (3)
You buy a couple of things in a shop. When you pay, the cashier is about to put the things in a plastic bag. What do you say?
“No, thank you”. ( You have brought your own bag from home.) (3)
Nothing. You let him/her put the things in the bag. (1)
It depends if you can carry the things easily without a bag. (2)
There are a couple of flies in your room. They are annoying you. What do you do?
Try to kill them with a newspaper. (2)
Try to kill them with a horrible-smelling aerosol. (1)
Hit the air with a newspaper so they leave you alone. (3)
You are writing a letter to a good friend. You have made several mistakes and need to cross things out. What do you do?
Start the letter again on another piece of paper. (1)
Continue writing; your friend will excuse your mistakes. (3)
Continue to write but if you make any more mistakes, star again. (2)
Add up your score and read the analysis.
7-10: you do not worry about the environment at all! You think pollution is someone else’s problem, not yours. You think recycling and saving energy resources are too time-consuming.
11-17: you care about the environment and have some good habits which help save it. However, there are probably a few other things you could do.
18-21: you definitely care about the environment. You think about it when you make everyday decisions. If more people in the world were as good as you, the planet would have fewer problems.