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3R's Quiz

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Select the three "Rs" from the options below.

a)

Report

b)

Reduce

c)

Require

d)

Recycle

e)

Reuse

2.

Which "R" should we try to do the most?

a)

Reuse

b)

Reduce

c)

Recycle

d)

Report

3.

If you can't reduce, what can you do with your household rubbish, or trash items?

a)

Report your rubbish to the authorities.

b)

Reuse the items when possible.

c)

Recycle the items.

4.

What can you do with something you can't #reuse?

a)

Recycle the item.

b)

Stop using it, your only adding to the landfill.

c)

Report the items to the authorities.

5.

How much of your rubbish, or trash, is made up of packaging materials?

a)

nearly 99% is packaging

b)

nearly 50%, or half, is packaging

c)

less than 25%, or 1/4, is packaging

d)

only a teeny, tiny, bit is packaging

6.

Select all the items shown below that can be placed into compost?

a)

plastic lids

b)

leaves

c)

trees & tree limbs

d)

grass clippings

e)

food waste

7.

What do we call the ecological impact a person has on the planet?

a)

Footprint

b)

Handprint

c)

Fingerprint

d)

All of the above

8.

To figure out your ecological impact, which of the following is used to measured your impact?

a)

energy

b)

water

c)

food

d)

other resources used

e)

All of the above

9.

A smaller ecological impact helps the planet.

a)

True

b)

False

10.

Where does the non-recyclable rubbish go?

a)

Landfill/Dump

b)

Recycle Center

c)

Water Treatment Center

d)

None of the Above

11.

Less trash goes to the landfill now than 20 years ago.

a)

True

b)

False

12.

Landfill rubbish/trash decomposes quickly.

a)

True

b)

False

13.

Landfills are one way to get rid of waste, what is another way to get rid of waste?

a)

Burning or Incineration

b)

Nuclear Physics

c)

Space Junkyards