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Question 4 of 10: Which of these small changes can go a long way toward preventing air pollution?

Using water-based paints instead of oil-based paints

Refueling your car after dark

Limiting dry cleaning

All of the above

Question 5 of 10: What do you do with the grass clippings after mowing your lawn?

Leave them lying around in your yard

Rake them

Bag and dispose of them

Question 7 of 10: Saving the environment can be as simple as making smart lighting choices. You're wasting energy if you use:

dimmers

compact fluorescent bulbs

halogen floor lamps

automatic timers

all of the above

Although halogen floor lamps are cheaply priced, the bulbs burn at very high temperatures, consuming between 300-600 watts of electricity. Swap your halogen floor lamp for the more energy-efficient compact fluorescent bulbs, which use very little electricity, last much longer than standard light bulbs, and pose less of a fire hazard. Other changes you can make to save energy: Use dimmers and install timers to switch lights off automatically.

Soil and grass

Cat litter

Pesticides

All of the above

None of the above

Question 9 of 10: Popular paper brands like Kleenex, Charmin, and Bounty are made of at least 30 percent recycled content.

  True

  False

Question 10 of 10: Recently, you made the energy-smart move to switch from a desktop to a laptop. What would an Eco Hero do with the old PC?

Donate it Store it safely Box it, label clearly, and dispose

 A new kind of waste is threatening to clutter our landfills nowadays and it's called E-waste. Computers are made of several toxic elements, like lead, mercury, plastics, and glass, that can be hazardous to the environment. One solution to this problem is to recycle your computer at a local recycling facility. But why recycle when you can donate to a program that can refurbish your computer for someone in need? Find a program you'd like to donate to and help reboot the environment!