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Earth Day Recycling

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What does this sign mean?

a)

walk in circles

b)

reduce, reuse, recycle

c)

save the environment

d)

green is my favourite colour

2.

What does RECYCLING mean?

a)

throw away

b)

give things to other people

c)

make new things out of old ones

d)

using things again and again

3.

When is Earth Day celebrated?

a)

March 22

b)

May 20

c)

April 1

d)

22 April

4.
WHAT ARE THE 3R'S OF RECYCLING?
a)
Redirct, Rude, Round.
b)
Respectful, Responsible, Right.
c)
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle. 
d)
Rewrite, rewind, respond.
5.

Earth Day is only celebrated in the United States.

a)

True

b)

False

6.

_______ is the process of taking materials ready to be thrown away and changing them into reusable materials.

a)

Recycling

b)

Reusing

c)

Reducing

7.

What cannot be recycled?

a)

Paper

b)

Styrofoam

c)

Plastic

d)

Glass

8.

I am going to do my part to Recycle, Reuse and Reduce

a)

True

b)

False

9.

What is the first stage of the sorting process?

a)

Pre-sort

b)

Glass

c)

Crusher

10.

What happens if pre-sorting is not done at the recycling facility?

4 lines
11.

What is the correct order?

a)

baler - staging area - bunker

b)

bunker - baler - staging area

c)

staging area - baler - bunker

12.

After the sorting phase, materials proceed to ________ and _______.

a)

magnetic belt and eddy current

b)

pre-sort and glass crusher

13.

This has thick steel discs to crush glass bottles and jars

a)

Optical Sorter

b)

Disc Screen

c)

Glass Crusher

14.

The _____ uses a camera and infrared sensor to separate different kinds of plastic.

a)

Optical Sorter

b)

Pre-sort

c)

Disc Screen

15.

The last step of the recycling process at the recycling plant.

a)

Pre-sort

b)

Deliver materials to the recycling facility

c)

Shipping materials to the manufacturing facility