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Earth Day

Total questions: 34

Worksheet time: 21mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What does reduce mean?
a)
make bigger
b)
add things
c)
make smaller
d)
make different
2.
What does reuse mean?
a)
Use again
b)
Throw away
c)
To buy again
d)
To make again
3.
What does recycle mean?
a)
Make smaller
b)
Make bigger
c)
Converting waste into something that can be used again.
d)
Throw away
4.
Why is it important to recycle?
a)
It saves landfill space
b)
It saves natural resources
c)
It saves money
d)
All of the above statements are true 
5.
Which recycling bin does soda cans go in?
a)
Plastic
b)
Metal
c)
Paper
6.

Turning the water off while brushing your teeth is a good way to REDUCE the amount of water used?

a)

True

b)

False

7.

Turning the lights off is a way to REUSE the use of electricity.

a)

True

b)

False

8.

Using a reusable sports bottle instead of a plastic water bottle is a way to ________ the amount of plastic we use.

a)

reduce

b)

reuse

c)

recycle

9.
What day is Earth Day?
a)
March 22
b)
April 22
c)
May 22
d)
June 22
10.
Refilling the same plastic water bottle is an example of reusing
a)
true
b)
false
11.
You can recycle almost any item paper, plastic, aluminum
a)
True
b)
False
12.

We should _________ the amount of water we use by turning off the water while we scrub our hands.

a)

reduce

b)

reuse

c)

recycle

13.

We should ___________ old clothes by giving them away.

a)

reduce

b)

reuse

c)

recycle

14.

We should ....... the use of cars and the pollution they make by walking or riding our bikes.

a)

reduce

b)

reuse

c)

recycle

15.

Compost is the vegetable peels, fruit seeds and cores and organic waste (dead plants and animals) that we can use to make healthy soil.

a)

True

b)

False

16.

We should ___________ paper AFTER we've REUSED it.

a)

reduce

b)

reuse

c)

recycle

17.

Rain falling through polluted air.

a)

natural resources

b)

acid rain

c)

fossil fuel

18.

A resource that cannot be replaced.

a)

greenhouse gas

b)

The 3 R's of saving Earth

c)

non-renewable resource

19.
In what year did Earth Day begin?
a)
1950
b)
1960
c)
1970
d)
1980
20.
Preserve means ...
a)
to keep safe
b)
to harm
21.
What event sparked Earth Day?
a)
earthquake
b)
volcanic eruption
c)
massive littering
d)
oil spill
22.

We should _________ plastic so it can be made into something new.

a)

reduce

b)

reuse

c)

recycle

23.
Which of the following natural resources are nonrenewable?
a)
Water
b)
Animals
c)
Natural gas
d)
Wind
24.
A resource that is not easily replaced...
a)
Renewable
b)
Nonrenewable
25.
Which of these is renewable?
a)
Water
b)
Oil
c)
Coal
d)
Minerals
26.
Composting occurs
a)
within hours
b)
within a few days
c)
over an extended period of time
d)
only when you turn the pile
27.
Which is most likely to cause air pollution?
a)
truck
b)
flower
c)
bird
d)
rock
28.
What type of pollution is caused by a bus, car or truck?
a)
air pollution
b)
land pollution
c)
water pollution
d)
garbage pollution
29.
Which one of these can NOT be recycled?
a)
paper
b)
glass
c)
oil
d)

aluminum foil

30.
_____________________ is one of the best ways to engage your community to protect the planet. 
a)
Read an article
b)
Work with the media
c)
Make a sign
d)
Organizing an Earth Day event or activity
31.
What is Earth Day?
a)
Earth Day is a day for people to celebrate how earth was formed.
b)
Earth Day is a day when people get outside and clean up the earth more than they used to.
c)
Earth Day is a contest for people to write an essay about how they feel about the earth.
d)
Earth day is a contest for people to make a model of the earth and then let it explode like a volcanoe. 
32.

What can be recycled?

a)
b)
c)
d)
33.

I can save water by

a)
b)
c)
d)
34.

I can help the earth by

a)
b)
c)
d)