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Earth Day 3rd

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

When is Earth Day celebrated?

a)

March 22

b)

May 20

c)

April 1

d)

April 22

2.

What is one way that factories cause pollution?

a)

dumping chemicals into rivers and lakes

b)

driving lots of cars

c)

eating too much pizza

d)

building too many fires

3.
WHAT ARE THE 3R'S OF RECYCLING?
a)
Redirct, Rude, Round.
b)
Respectful, Responsible, Right.
c)
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle. 
d)
Rewrite, rewind, respond.
4.

What type of pollution is shown in this picture?

a)

littering

b)

water pollution

c)

air pollution

d)

destruction of natural resources

5.

What type of pollution is this?

a)

littering

b)

destruction of natural resources

c)

air pollution

d)

water pollution

6.

What type of pollution is this?

a)

littering

b)

water pollution

c)

air pollution

d)

garbage

7.

How long does it take for a plastic water bottle to break down?

a)

10 years

b)

50 years

c)

100 years

d)

450 years

8.

Which Disney Park was opened on Earth Day, 1998?

a)

Animal Kingdom, Walt Disney World

b)

Disney Paris

c)

Tokyo, Disney

d)

Disney California Adventure Park

9.

What do we call waste that hurts the land, water or air?

a)

organic

b)

biodegradable

c)

pollution

d)

reuse

10.

Earth Day is only celebrated in the United States.

a)

True

b)

False

11.
What is an example of "REUSE" ?
a)
Throwing cans and bottles in the recycling bin.
b)
Turning off lights.
c)
Making a bird feeder out of a pop bottle.
d)
Walking to school instead of driving. 
12.

Which country uses the most energy in the world?

a)

USA

b)

Mexico

c)

China

d)

Russia

13.
What shape does the recycling symbol look like?
a)
Triangle
b)
Square
c)
Rectangle
d)
Octogon
14.

Which one is an example of recycling?

a)

Reusing a paper bag for lunch.

b)

Using less water to take a bath.

c)

Making new glass bottles from old ones.

d)

Using plastic cups instead of paper cups.

15.

Which is one reason that trash and litter can hurt wildlife?

a)

Wildlife are afraid of human garbage.

b)

Trash covers the scent of other animals they are hunting.

c)

Wildlife may try to eat plastics and choke on them.

d)

Trash and litter removes their camouflage.

16.

One tree provides a day's supply of oxygen for ____ people.

a)

1

b)

4

c)

10

d)

100

17.

There is about 5 million tons of extra trash is between what two holidays?

a)

St. Patrick’s Day and Easter

b)

Thanksgiving and New Year’s Day

c)

Labor Day and Columbus Day

d)

Cinco de Mayo and 4th of July

18.

Earth Day was first celebrated in...

a)

1957

b)

2001

c)

1999

d)

1970