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recycle materials

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 21mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What can you recycle?

a)

Banana Peel

b)

Paper

c)

Computer

d)

Pencil

2.

Recycling is taking items and transforming them into reusable materials.

a)

True

b)

False

3.

Which of the following can not be recycled?

a)

Plastic

b)

Paper

c)

Aluminum

d)

Food

4.

Select all of the following that are positive things that result from recycling.

a)

Cleaner air and oceans

b)

Helps save trees

c)

Adds to landfills

d)

Less pollution

5.

Select the most commonly recycled objects

a)

Paper

b)

Items that have touched food

c)

Wax items

d)

Aluminum

6.
What does it mean to convert something into reusable material?
a)
Reduce
b)
Reuse
c)
Hazardous waste
d)
Recycle
7.
Which of the following would you not recycle into a plastic recycling bin?
a)
a mirror
b)
a water bottle
c)
a walmart bag
d)
child leggo toys
8.
Which of these items can not be placed inside a recycling bin?
a)
newspaper
b)
milk jug
c)
a dirty diaper
d)
water bottle
9.
Mike did not want to throw away his pickle jar. Instead he decided to use it again. This is an example of?
a)
Recycling
b)
Reusing
c)
Reducing
d)
Pollution
10.
What benefits from recycling?
a)
animals
b)
people
c)
Earth
d)
all of the above
11.

What is a Landfill

a)

A massive Compost Facility

b)

its where your burn plastic

c)

a place to dispose of refuse and other waste material by burying it and covering it over with soil

d)

where you get your food

12.

Orange bin is for . . .

a)

Glass

b)

Aluminium

c)

Paper

d)

Plastic

13.

The brown is for . . .

a)

Paper

b)

Plastic

c)

Glass

d)

Metal

14.

And the blue bin is for

a)

Paper

b)

Metal

c)

Plastic

d)

Glass

15.

The brown is for . . .

a)

Paper

b)

Plastic

c)

Glass

d)

Metal

16.

Recycling helps the planet?

a)

True

b)

False

17.

Choose the material you can stretch.

a)
b)
c)
d)
18.

Which of these are metals?

a)

gold

b)

plastic

c)

glass

19.

Which of these is not a material?

a)

glass

b)

pencils

c)

wood

d)

plastic

20.

Why is glass the best material for windows?

a)

It's smooth.

b)

It's transparent.

c)

It's soft.

d)

It's cheap

21.

Which material could not be used for a spoon?

a)

plastic

b)

brick

c)

wood

d)

metal

22.
What is this object made of?
a)
Leather
b)
Steel
c)
Plastic
d)
Iron
23.
What is this object made of?
a)
Iron
b)
Leather
c)
Rubber
d)
Glass
24.
a)

Fragile

b)

Resistant

25.

Which of this materials is hard and rigid?

a)
b)
c)
d)
26.

A material that allows heat to travel through it is

a)

An electrical conductor

b)

An electrical insulator

c)

A thermal conductor

d)

A thermal insulator

27.

Shiny and conducts electricity

a)

Meetal

b)

Polythene

c)

Rubber

d)

Metal

28.

If a material is a good conductor it...

a)

doesn't let water go through it.

b)

lets water go through it.

c)

doesn't transport heat and electricity through it.

d)

transports heat and electricity through it.

29.

Which of this materials is bendy?

a)
b)
c)
d)
30.

Transparent and brittle

a)

Metal

b)

Sponge

c)

Glass

d)

Plastic

31.

What can be another name for "trash"?

a)

Solid waste/Rubbish

b)

Garbage

c)

Refuse

d)

All of the above!

32.

If a material is flexible it...

a)

can bend easily.

b)

can melt easily.

c)

can burn easily.

d)

can transport electricity easily.

33.

Which of these materials is a good conductor of heat?

a)

Wood

b)

Ceramic

c)

Metal

34.

What should we try to do with materials when we are finished with them?

a)

Eat them

b)

Recycle them

c)

Throw them away

d)

Burn them

35.

Hard and attracted to a magnet

a)

Wool

b)

Wood

c)

Metal

d)

Cotton

36.

A material that does not allow electric to travel is

a)

An electrical conductor

b)

An electrical insulator

c)

A thermal conductor

d)

A thermal insulator

37.

Dull and an electrical insulator

a)

Iron

b)

Glass

c)

Wood

d)

Paper

38.

Electric line is made of ________

a)

gold

b)

steel

c)

silver

d)

copper

39.
Which of these is a natural resource?
a)
plastic
b)
coal
c)
glass
d)
brick
40.
Where do natural resources come from?
a)
solids, but not from liquids
b)
non-living things, but not from living things
c)
from the water
d)
both non-living and living things