Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle

Concepts

100

The act of protecting our natural resources from being used up:

a) Usage;

b) Conservation;

c) Extinction.

What is:

b) CONSERVATION?

200

The ways in which we can save and protect our natural resources:

a) By using them all up;

b) By reducing, recycling, and reusing resources;

c) By using resources to build things.

What is:

b) By reducing, recycling, and reusing resources?

300

Where we put most of the garbage produced on Earth:

a) In our oceans;

b) Buried on land;

c) In landfills.

What is:

c) In landfills?

400

What can happen IF we use all of the Earth's resources:

a) We can make more of them;

b) We can run out of natural resources;

c) We might have to move to another planet.

What is:

b) We can run out of natural resources?

500

What can happen to the Earth if we protect and save our natural resources:

a) The Earth can stay healthy and safe;

b) The Earth can become dirty and diseased;

c) People will have to leave Earth.

What is:

a) The Earth can stay healthy and safe?

Vocabulary

100

A term meaning "waste we throw away since we don't or won't use it" - 

a) Garbage;

b) Treasure;

c) Homework.

What is:

a) GARBAGE?

200

A term meaning "to use an item over and over again" -

a) Reduce;

b) Recycle;

c) Reuse. 

What is:

c) REUSE?

300

A term meaning "the ability to limit or lessen our use of resources" - 

a) Reuse;

b) Reduce;

c) Recycle.

What is:

b) REDUCE?

400

A term meaning "to turn items we throw away like glass/plastic into new things like clothes or paper" -

a) Reduce;

b) Reuse;

c) Recycle.

What is:

c) RECYCLE?

500

A word meaning "to work hard to conserve or protect our natural resources from being used up" -

a) Protection;

b) Usage;

c) Extinction.

What is:

a) PROTECTION?

Potpourri

100

The planet on which we live:

a) Earth;

b) Mars;

c) Krypton.

Is the planet on which we live:

a) Earth?

200

What is an example of reducing:

a) Giving old clothes to friends;

b) Turning of water when brushing our teeth;

c) Leaving the lights on when we leave a room.

Is an example of reducing:

a) Turning off water when brushing our teeth?

300

An example of recycling items like glass or plastic:

a) Turning plastic into clothes to wear;

b) Using ingredients to make a cake;

c) Giving clothes to friends.

Is an example of recycling:

a) Turning plastic into clothes to wear?

400

What is an example of reusing:

a) Turning paper into clothes;

b) Turning on lights when leaving a room;

c) Giving old clothes to people who can use them.

Is an example of reusing:

c) Giving old clothes to people who can use them?

500

If we conserve our natural resources, we can do this:

a) Make the Earth into a healthier and safer place;

b) Make the Earth more dirty and unsafe;

c) Leave the Earth for another planet.

Can we:

a) Make the Earth into a healthier and safer place?