Reduce reuse recycle

Using less items so that we have less to throw away

• reduce
• reuse
• recycle

not throwing something in the garbage so that it can be used to make something new and useful

• reduce
• recycle
• reuse

Refilling the same plastic water bottle is an example of reusing

• true
• false

You can recycle almost any item paper, plastic, aluminum

• True
• False

What could happen if people threw their trash into a stream?

• The animals would live longer
• Animals would drink all of the water
• The environment would not be affected
• Animals would not have clean water to drink

A farmer is using a crop duster to help spray chemicals on his crops to kill insects. The chemicals the farmer uses seeps into the soil and drains into the nearby river. How does this affect the animals that live in the river?

• They swim away
• They change color
• They get sick or die
• The chemicals give them more energy

A farmer is using a crop duster to help spray chemicals on his crops to kill insects. The chemicals the farmer uses seeps into the soil and drains into the nearby river. How does this affect the animals that live in the river?

• They swim away
• They change color
• They get sick or die
• The chemicals give them more energy

Which of these is recycling?

• Making a small plastic windmill out of plastic bottles
• Fixing up a windmill
• Destroying a windmill

Pollution is__________

• People have contaminated, or dirtied an area with waste
• People have cleaned, or fixed up an area
• People have gathered, or collected the trash in the area 

I can cut down on pollution by_____

• Walking to the store
• Driving to the store
• Throwing everything away