Quiz on Recycling and Resources

Where should a piece of paper go that a student wants to throw away?

• recycle bin

• trash can

• leave it on the table

A girl uses the last of the butter on her toast. She washed out the plastic butter tub and put fresh crackers in it to keep them fresh. This is an example of ________.

• recycling

• reducing

• reusing

Is plastic a natural or manmade resource?

• natural

• manmade

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-3

What is the difference between rocks and bricks?

• Rocks are the same shape. Bricks come in many different shapes.

• Rocks are natural resources. Bricks are manmade resources.

• Rocks are found in water. Bricks are found in soil.

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-3

Which of the following is a natural resource?

• clothes

• paper

• wood

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

What is a natural resource?

• created by humans

• comes from Earth

• bought at the store

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-3

Which of the following is a manmade resource?

• coins

• corn

• sand

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-3

Which of the following is a way to recycle metal?

• Recycling empty milk cartons.

• Recycling empty soda cans.

• Recycling used white paper.

Students are washing their hands after an investigation. They turn off the water while they are rubbing soap on their hands. Why do they do this?

• to reduce water

• to reduce paper

• to recycle water

Students used empty metal cans to build towers. Which of these is NOT a way students could reuse the metal cans?

• make the cans into pencil holders

• throw the cans in the trash

• use the cans to plant seeds