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Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
Pollution
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Conservation/Reclamation
100
What is the easiest thing to recycle out of the following: a broken television a glass jar an old chair a t-shirt
A glass jar
100
What might happen to an animal in a polluted area?
They could get sick, have to move, or die.
100
Coal, natural gas, and oil are all examples of _________ resources
Nonrenewable
100
What is difference between reusing and recycling?
Reusing is when we use something again and again without changing. Recycling is changing or breaking down the product to make something completely new.
100

What is conservation?

The process of saving resources and using less of something.

200
When we fix a leaky faucet or take a short shower we are _________.
Reducing
200
What are the three main different kinds of pollution?
Air, water, and land
200
How is a tree a renewable resource?
When we chop a tree down to make paper or other products, we can plant another in its place.
200
Instead of burning coal, what is another way we can make electricity?
wind and/or
200

What is reclamation?

Putting the Earth or land back the way it was?

300
When we take a bath, how do we reuse that water?
It goes to a water treatment plant where it gets filtered and cleaned and then reused.
300
To reduce air pollution instead of riding in a car we can _____________.
ride a bike or walk instead.
300
Name three renewable resources.
Possible answers: air, wind, water, sunlight, plants, trees, and animals
300
True or False: Every year one American produces over 3285 pounds of waste.
True
300

How can you conserve water when taking a shower?

Take a shorter shower.

400
Why is it important to use the three Rs?
To protect our environment from pollution because we need water and air to survive and to have our nonrenewable resources for a longer period of time.
400
When we throw something out the window of a car or leave unwanted items in an environment, we are ________.
Littering
400
It takes ___________ years to form coal.
one million
400
The 3 Rs help us to __________ our resources
conserve
400

How can you conserve energy when you leave a room?

Turn off the lights when you are done.

500
Sequence the process of recycling a plastic bottle.
1. Use it. 2. Put it in a recycling bin. 3. It gets taken to a recycling center. 4. Then it goes to a factory where it is broken down. 5. The pieces are made into a new bottle or product.
500
When farm chemicals, gas, oil, or another chemical mixes with rain and flows into a large body of water it is called ________.
Run-off
500
What is the difference between nonrenewable and renewable?
Renewable resources can be replaced in a human lifetime, nonrenewable resources can NOT be replaced in a human lifetime.
500
Scientists are finding that air pollution leads to the warming of the earth called ____________.
Global Warming
500

Why is land reclamation important?

It brings back the habitats and animals from that area.