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the 3 R`s

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 3600secs

Name
Class
Date
1.

We must take care of the environment because today it is in ...

a)

Fear

b)

Danger

c)

Fun

2.

The meaning of the 3 R's are...

a)

Review, Run and Rite

b)

Rose, Rate and Rice

c)

Reduce, Reuse and Recycle

3.

These materials can be recycled...

a)

Paper, metal, paperboard, plastic, etc

b)

Water and plants

c)

Carbone dioxide

4.

Why is recycling important?

a)

It's a game

b)

It's fashionable

c)

We take care of the environment

5.

Which picture shows contamination?

a)
b)
c)
6.

What does reduce mean?

a)

use things again and again.

b)

only use things you need/use less things

c)

make new things from old things.

7.

What does recycle mean?

a)

use things again and again.

b)

only use things you need/use less things

c)

make new things from old things.

8.

What does reuse mean?

a)

use things again and again.

b)

only use things you need/use less things

c)

make new things from old things.

9.

_________ means to use less of something?

a)

Reduce

b)

Recycle

10.

To _________ is to use something more than once.

a)

reduce

b)

reuse

11.

The students toss their papers in the _________ bin instead of the trash can.

a)

reducing

b)

recycling

12.

Mason sells his toy trucks at a yard sale. His toy trucks will be _________ by someone else.

a)

reused

b)

reduced

13.

Sofia shucks corn and composts the husks. She _________ the amount of food that ends up in the landfill.

a)

reduces

b)

reuses

14.

Ava brings her lunch to school in the same bag each day. She _________ her lunch bag.

a)

reuses

b)

recycles

15.

Does plastic waste affect our sea life and ocean?

a)

Yes

b)

No

16.

WHICH PICTURE SHOWS REUSING?

a)
b)
17.

Use an old car tire as a swing. Reduce, reuse, recycle, or trash?

a)
b)
c)
d)
18.

Reduce, reuse and recycle won't work without..

a)

cars

b)

pets

c)

books

d)

humans

19.

Choose one thing that can be reduced in our daily lives.

a)

Air

b)

Books

c)

Plastic bags

d)

Food and drinks

20.

How can we reduce the use of plastic bags?

a)

Bring our own grocery bags

b)

Throw away plastic bags after using it

c)

Buy many plastic bags for our own use

d)

Burn plastic bags together with other rubbish

21.

What are other things that we can reduce?

a)

Planting trees around our house area

b)

Papers and electric energy consumption

c)

Cleaning rubbish around our house area

d)

Recycle tins, plastics, glass and paper accordingly

22.

Why do we recycle things?

a)

So that people can burn the things later

b)

So that it can be thrown away in the sea

c)

So that it can be reused and becomes a new other product

d)

So that it can be used as shelter for pest like rats and cockroaches

23.

Which of the following things that cannot be recycled?

a)

Oils

b)

Tins

c)

Papers

d)

Organic waste

24.

Which of the following is not an example of reuse?

a)

Modify jeans into bags

b)

Use plastic bottles to plant small plants

c)

Burn papers to create fire for barbeque

d)

Use boxes to keep things in the house organised

25.

Mr. Superman collects his used metal cans and plastic bottles. He drops them off at the _________ center once a month.

a)

reducing

b)

recycling

26.

Landfills are getting full because...

a)

make soil.

b)

the garbage just stays there.

c)

grass clippings.

27.

What is the meaning of landfill?

a)

an area where waste is buried under the ground

b)

something that is unimportant

c)

a situation in which something valuable is not being used

28.
a)
b)
c)
29.

a)
b)
c)
30.

a)
b)
c)