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Earth Day

Total questions: 31

Worksheet time: 30mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What are the 3 R's?

a)

Reduce, Reuse, Recycle

b)

Recycle, Reopen, Redo

c)

Reuse, Restart, Recycle

d)

Reduce, Reuse, Radiate

2.

Which of the following can NOT be recycled?

a)

plastic bottles

b)

glass jars

c)

newspaper

d)

oil

3.

What does recycle mean?

a)

to rot away

b)

to make something new

c)

to use less of

d)

to use again

4.

What does reuse mean?

a)

to rot away

b)

to make something new

c)

to use less of

d)

to use again

5.

When is Earth Day?

a)

April 22

b)

June 22

c)

August 22

d)

December 22

6.

Which is an example of a way you can reduce?

a)

buy products with less packaging

b)

use cloth shopping bags

c)

walk to school

d)

collect plastic bottles

7.

What is one way that factories cause pollution?

a)

dumping chemicals into rivers and lakes

b)

driving cars

c)

eating too much pizza

d)

building too many fires

8.

If you are too hot and need to cool down, which of the following methods would use the least amount of energy?

a)

Open the windows to let a breeze in

b)

Open the freezer door to cool the room

c)

Turn on an electric fan

d)

Put the air conditioner on the coldest setting

9.

Which of the following is NOT disposable?

a)

plastic forks and spoons

b)

paper plates

c)

Styrofoam cups

d)

reusable shopping bags

10.

Litter is a type of pollution.

a)

True

b)

False

11.

Plants and trees release oxygen into the air.

a)

True

b)

False

12.
In what year did Earth Day begin?
a)
1950
b)
1960
c)
1970
d)
1980
13.
Who invented Earth Day?
a)
Bobby Nelson
b)
Byron Nelson
c)
Gaylord Nelson
d)
Rob Nelson
14.
What event sparked Earth Day?
a)
earthquake
b)
volcanic eruption
c)
massive littering
d)
oil spill
15.

What ecological problem is it?

a)

littering

b)

destruction of natural resaurses

c)

air pollution

d)

water pollution

16.

What ecological problem is shown in this picture?

a)

littering

b)

water pollution

c)

air pollution

d)

endangered animals

17.

How can we solve the problem of littering?

a)
b)
c)
d)
18.

Find the solution for this problem.

a)
b)
c)
d)
19.

What does the word conserve mean?

a)

protect from harm or overuse.

b)

make smaller or less.

c)

a community of living organisms.

d)

to use again.

20.

What does the word pollute mean?

a)

protect from harm or overuse.

b)

a layer that protects us from the sun’s harmful rays.

c)

to make water, land and air dirty.

d)

to change waste into something useful.

21.

What does the word reduce mean?

a)

the study of organisms and their surroundings.

b)

a community of living organisms.

c)

make smaller or less.

d)

to keep from harm.

22.

What does the word environment mean?

a)

the area around a person, animal, or plant.

b)

to make water, land and air dirty.

c)

a community of living organisms.

d)

to keep from harm.

23.

What does the word ecology mean?

a)

the study of organisms and their surroundings.

b)

to keep from harm.

c)

make smaller or less.

d)

a layer that protects us from the sun’s harmful rays.

24.

What does the word ecosystem mean?

a)

a community of living organisms.

b)

to change waste into something useful.

c)

to make water, land and air dirty.

d)

to use again.

25.

What does the word protect mean?

a)

the area around a person, animal, or plant.

b)

to keep from harm.

c)

to change waste into something useful.

d)

to make water, land and air dirty.

26.

What is the ozone layer?

a)

a layer that protects us from the sun’s harmful rays.

b)

the area around a person, animal, or plant.

c)

make smaller or less.

d)

to change waste into something useful.

27.

What happens to plastic waste?

a)

It is biodegradable material so it eventually disintegrates

b)

There is no such thing as plastic waste, all plastic is recycled

c)

It never fully goes away, it just breaks into little pieces

d)

It gets dumped in the ocean for fish to eat

28.

What is the greenhouse effect?

a)

The name of climate change legislation that passed by Congress

b)

When you paint your house green to become an environmentalist

c)

When the gasses in our atmosphere trap heat and block it from escaping our planet

d)

When you build a green house

29.

The process of making the environment dirty or not safe to use is...

a)

waste

b)

conserve

c)

pollution

d)

Earth Day

30.

Do you like Quizziz game?

a)

Yes

b)

No

31.

Make a slogan in Hindi or in English about earth day. Also make a poster on earth day and also make four lines poem either in English or Hindi on mother Earth. Submit your answers in the Google classroom. It is a compulsory enrichment activity for the 5A students.

4 lines