WorksheetsSharp Recycling Trivia
Total questions: 17
Worksheet time: 9mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
If every American recycled one tenth of the newspapers they buy, how many trees could you save each year?
a)
32 million
b)
5 million
c)
25 million
d)
2 million
2.
If you recycle, what happens?
a)
Tacos fall from the sky
b)
You make the Earth better
c)
If you recycle, you will hurt the Earth
d)
It will do nothing
3.
How many trees worth of paper does the average family use each year?
a)
20
b)
5
c)
3
d)
6
4.
How many aluminum cans are produced every minute?
a)
400,000
b)
350,000
c)
345,000
d)
2
5.
How many materials can be recycled?
a)
4
b)
6
c)
8
d)
7
6.
How many times could plastic bottles circle the world from being thrown away by Americans?
a)
2 times
b)
3 times
c)
4 times
d)
5 times
7.
How many trees must be cut down to produce each week's Sunday newspaper?
a)
2,000
b)
3,000
c)
4,000
d)
5,000
8.
How much money does it take to recycle one ton of bottles
a)
$15
b)
$30
c)
$25
d)
$40
9.
How many plastic bottles are thrown away each year?
a)
2 million
b)
3 million
c)
4 million
d)
5 million
10.
How many tons of paper can save 17 trees?
a)
1 ton
b)
5 tons
c)
100 tons
d)
1,000 tons
11.
How many plastic bottles do you think Americans use every hour? (and most of them get thrown away)
a)
3,000,000
b)
250,000
c)
5,500,000
d)
2,500,000
12.
How many aluminum soda cans do we use each year in the US?
a)
40,000
b)
200
c)
100,000,000
d)
80,000,000,000
13.
How many years have people been recycling?
a)
Hundreds
b)
Thousands
c)
Millions
14.
Paper products make up what % of our trash?
a)
20%
b)
50%
c)
40%
d)
100%
15.
How many tons of metal are recycled each year?
a)
100 tons
b)
80 tons
c)
75 tons
d)
30 tons
16.
How many trees does an average American use for paper, wood, and etc. in a year?
a)
15
b)
20
c)
17
d)
50
17.
Can recycled aluminum go into any other products?
a)
Yes
b)
No
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