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RECYCLING

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

When you recycle, you have to consider 3 things.

a)

reduce

b)

reuse

c)

racoon

d)

recycle

2.

An important thing to do is to __________ the amount of plastic used. Plastic is very contaminating.

a)

double

b)

expand

c)

multiply

d)

reduce

3.

How can you stop water waste?

a)

taking shorter showers

b)

taking longer showers

c)

have the water hose on all day in the summer

d)

waste water

4.

One way to help the world when we go shopping is to ask ourselves this question.

a)

How much is this?

b)

Who needs this?

c)

Do I really need this?

5.

The world will be a better place if we ____________.

a)

contaminate

b)

eat more fast food

c)

reduce, reuse, and recycle

d)

make it a mess

6.

What is to recycle?

a)

To transform things into materials for new things

b)

to use something more than once

c)

use and produce less things

7.

What is to reduce

a)

To transform things into materials for new things

b)

to use something more than once

c)

to use and produce less things

8.

What is to reuse?

a)

To transform things into materials for new things

b)

to use something more than once

c)

to use and produce less things

9.

If you use a plastic bag for groceries one day and then make a kite out of it the next, the bag has been ___________.

a)

Reduced

b)

Reused

c)

Recycled

d)

Reversed

10.

What do you do when cashier asks. "Do you want a plastic bag?"

a)

Yes, please. I want MORE!

b)

Yes Yes Yes!

c)

It's okay, I have my own bag.

d)

Ok, I want to feed turtle.

11.

Which symbol represents recycling?

a)
b)
c)
12.

It is the process of transforming waste materials into useful one.

a)

pottery

b)

basketry

c)

recyling

d)

bead work

13.

What is the recycle bin's colour for PAPER?

a)

Green

b)

Blue

c)

Yellow

14.

The ORANGE recycle bin is used for?

a)

Glass

b)

Paper

c)

Aluminium tins, steel tins, plastic

15.

What are the examples of materials that CAN be thrown out into the BLUE recycle bin?

a)

newspapers, books

b)

shopping bag, mineral water bottles

c)

soft drink bottles, glass beverage

16.

Is it recyclable?

a)

Yes

b)

No

17.

What do the 3 R's stand for?

a)

Rabbit

b)

Reuse

c)

Refuse

d)

Reduce

e)

recycle

18.

What is this symbol?

a)

Paper man

b)

Throw your paper away

c)

Tidy man

d)

The running man

19.

Who can recycle?

a)

Me

b)

You

c)

The school

d)

Everyone should recycle

20.

The bottle, the tops and the straws are made of....

a)

metal

b)

rubber

c)

plastic

d)

glass