# Assessment 4.1: Home Safety and Conservation Quiz

**Unit:** Unit 4, Spaces We Live In (Environmental Design and Management)
**Topic:** 4.1 Safe, Healthy, Sustainable Homes (Lessons 4.1 to 4.5)
**When:** The last 15 minutes of Lesson 4.5 (day 97), starting at minute 23 of the period. Step 4 of that lesson's procedure holds the slot.
**Category:** Topic assessments (25 percent). One retake after a review; best score counts. The retake review runs during Lesson 4.7 Day 1's team sort for students who need it.
**Points:** 30
**Allowed:** a calculator. Nothing else. The unit word bank on the wall stays up.
**Time:** 15 minutes. Extended time: finish in the first ten minutes of Lesson 4.6 or in a support period.

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# Home Safety and Conservation Quiz

Name: ______________________________ Date: ______________ Period: ______

**Directions:** Twelve items. Items 1 to 4 are matching; write the letter. Items 5 to 10 are short answer; a phrase is enough unless it says "sentence." Item 11 is a scenario; write two or three sentences. Item 12 is a sort. Show your math on items 8 and 9. You may use a calculator.

## Part A: Matching (items 1 to 4)

Match each hazard to the room where it is most common. Write the letter. Each room is used once.

| Item | Hazard | | Room |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. ______ | Gasoline stored next to the water heater | A | Bathroom |
| 2. ______ | A pot handle turned out over the edge of the stove | B | Stairs |
| 3. ______ | A hair dryer plugged in with the cord in the sink | C | Garage |
| 4. ______ | A loose rug at the top with a curled corner | D | Kitchen |

## Part B: Short answer (items 5 to 10)

5. Where do smoke detectors go in a home, and how often do you test them? (two parts)

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6. Why does a home need a carbon monoxide (CO) detector even if it has a smoke detector? One sentence.

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7. A breaker trips. Write the two moves to reset it, in order. Then: it trips again right away. What do you do?

Move 1: __________________ Move 2: __________________ If it trips again: ___________________________

8. Energy math. A 100 W bulb runs 4 hours a day for 365 days. Electricity costs $0.25 per kWh.

100 x 4 x 365 = __________ Wh. Divide by 1,000 = __________ kWh. Times $0.25 = $__________ a year.

9. Water math. A faucet drips once a second, about 5 gallons a day. How many gallons in a year? A bathtub holds about 60 gallons. About how many bathtubs is that?

5 x 365 = __________ gallons. That is about __________ bathtubs.

10. A bathroom sink drains slowly. Write the first two things you do before you ever reach for a chemical drain cleaner.

First: __________________________________ Second: __________________________________

## Part C: Scenario (item 11)

11. The Ferreira-Lund family lives in a two-story house: two parents, a 3-year-old, and a grandfather who uses a walker and sleeps on the second floor. Write their family emergency plan in two or three sentences. Your plan must include: two ways out of the grandfather's bedroom, one meeting spot that he can reach, who carries the 3-year-old, and the two numbers the family should know.

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## Part D: Sort (item 12)

12. Put each item in the bin that does the least harm. Write the letter of the bin next to each item.

Bins: R1 = Reduce (do not bring it in), R2 = Reuse, R3 = Recycle, C = Compost

| Item | Bin |
|---|---|
| A banana peel | |
| A glass jar | |
| A stack of junk mail | |
| A plastic water bottle you have not bought yet | |
| A clean cardboard box you no longer need for storage | |
| A T-shirt with a hole | |

**Grade 8 stretch (no points):** A low-flow showerhead costs $15 and saves about $70 a year. How many months until it pays for itself? __________

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## Teacher key

Total 30 points.

| Item | Answer | Points | Standard line checked |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | C (Garage) | 1 | EDM 1. b); HSW 3. c) |
| 2 | D (Kitchen) | 1 | EDM 1. b); HSW 3. c) |
| 3 | A (Bathroom) | 1 | EDM 1. b); HSW 3. c) |
| 4 | B (Stairs) | 1 | EDM 1. b); HSW 3. c) |
| 5 | On every level of the home and in or near every sleeping area (1 point); test monthly (1 point). Accept "every floor and every bedroom." | 2 | EDM 1. b); Std 2 PI B |
| 6 | Carbon monoxide has no smell (and no color), so nobody can notice it without a detector; a smoke detector does not sense CO. Accept any sentence with "no smell" or "cannot smell it." | 2 | EDM 1. b); HSW 3. c) |
| 7 | Move 1: push it fully OFF (1). Move 2: push it ON (1). If it trips again: stop, unplug what you turned on, tell an adult; do not keep resetting it (1). | 3 | EDM 1. b); HSW 4. c); PSI 3. a) c., d., e. |
| 8 | 146,000 Wh (1); 146 kWh (1); $36.50 (1). Accept rounding to $36 or $37. If the divide step is missed but the method is otherwise right, 1 point total. | 3 | EDM 1. d); SUS 3. e); National FCS 3.4.3 |
| 9 | 1,825 gallons (2); about 30 bathtubs (1). Accept 30 or 31. | 3 | EDM 1. d); SUS 3. e); National FCS 3.4.3 |
| 10 | First: pull out the hair or gunk with a plastic drain tool (or by hand with gloves) (1). Second: plunge with water over the cup, then hot water (1). Order can be swapped if both are named. "Never mix chemicals" as a bonus note, no extra points. | 2 | EDM 1. b); PSI 3. a) d.; HSW 4. c) |
| 11 | Two ways out of the grandfather's room: the door to the hall and the window (or a plan to wait at the window with the door closed) (1). A meeting spot he can reach with a walker: the mailbox, a neighbor's front step, a fixed object close by; not the driveway (1). A parent carries the 3-year-old (1). 911 and Poison Control 1-800-222-1222 (1). Written as a plan, not a list (1). | 5 | EDM 1. c); HSW 3. e); HSW 4. g); Std 2 PI B |
| 12 | Banana peel C; glass jar R2; junk mail R3 (accept R1 with "sign off the list"); water bottle not yet bought R1; clean cardboard box R3 (accept R2); T-shirt with a hole R2. One point each. | 6 | EDM 1. d); SUS 2. c); National FCS 2.2.3 |

Stretch: $15 / $70 = 0.21 years, about 2.6 months; accept "about 3 months." No points.

**Scoring bands:** 27 to 30 got it; 21 to 26 approaching, no retake needed unless the student wants one; 20 or below, retake after the review. The review for retakes runs during Lesson 4.7 Day 1's team sort and covers items 7, 8, and 11, which are the ones most often missed.

**Reading the results:** if more than a third of the class misses item 8 on the divide step, run one more bulb problem as the Lesson 4.6 do now before the design topic starts. If item 11 is weak, the Design a Room client brief in Lesson 4.11 should ask every client's plan for the same three parts.