Quiz

Cooking oil – helping keep Oldham fit and healthy! Waste used cooking oil is providing the energy to... Select which answer is wrong.

Power community buildings
Heat community buildings
Heat the Chadderton swimming pool
Power the Chadderton gym equipment
Clean the kettle for all the cups of tea the café sells

Good job we get lots of rain in Oldham!

Does some of the water used in the Chadderton Wellbeing Centre come from rainwater?

True
False

One place where salt can be good for you!

What is used to purify the water in the swimming
pool at Chadderton Wellbeing Centre ?

Salt
Chlorine
Carbon dioxide

Why is alternative ‘green’ energy important?

It isn’t important
Because we might run out of existing energy resources
Because we like the colour green

What sort of oil can be recycled to fuel the
bio-fuel generator?

Sunflower oil
Vegetable oil
Rapeseed oil
All of these

What happens to waste used cooking oil if it isn’t recycled?

It is sent to landfill, polluting the ground and taking up valuable land
It is poured down drains, blocking them and causing problems
Both of these

What is a ‘carbon footprint’?

A type of shoe
The amount of carbon used by one person or building
Muddy footprints after walking in the rain

What is the ‘greenhouse effect’?

The effect of gases trapped in the earth’s atmosphere heating up the earth
The effect of a greenhouse on the growth of plants and flowers
The increase in people growing their own vegetables

How is the energy efficiency of a building measured?

Ask your energy provider
Energy Performance Certificate
With a tape measure

What can recycled rain water be used for?

Flushing toilets
Swimming pool
Showers
Drinking water
All of these except drinking water

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