Concepts
Vocabulary
Potpourri
100

Another word that means "waste that people throw away since they can't or won't use it":

a) Treasure;

b) Trash;

c) Homework.

What is:

b) TRASH?

100

Objects or items we no longer use and throw away in landfills:

a) Treasures;

b) Garbage;

c) Objects.

What is:

b) GARBAGE?

100

The planet on which we live right now:

a) Jupiter;

b) Krypton;

c) Earth.

Is the planet we live on:

c) EARTH?

200

The place where most of the world's trash is thrown away:

a) Your house;

b) The Ocean;

c) Landfills.

What are:

c) LANDFILLS?

200

A term meaning "to use items again and again" - 

a) Recycle;

b) Reduce;

c) Reuse

What is:

c) REUSE?

200

Landfills are places where we store a lot of this item:

a) Food;

b) Trash and garbage;

c) Clothing we wear.

Do we store these things in landfills:

b) TRASH AND GARBAGE?

300

A major problem Earth is experiencing:

a) There is too much trash on the planet;

b) We don't make enough trash here;

c) There is no way for us to reduce trash.

What is:

a) THERE IS TOO MUCH TRASH ON THE PLANET?

300

A term meaning "to turn garbage into new items we can use" - 

a) Reduce;

b) Reuse;

c) Recycle.

What is:

c) RECYCLE?

300

An example of REUSING items:

a) Buying new clothes that are on sale;

b) Giving old clothes to other people;

c) Eating a delicious ice cream cone.

Is this an example of REUSING items:

b) GIVING OLD CLOTHES TO OTHER PEOPLE?

400

The three ways in which we can save the Earth:

a) Reduce, reuse, and recycle;

b) Throw trash all over the place;

c) Make more landfills.

What is:

a) REDUCE, REUSE, AND RECYCLE?

400

A term meaning "to limit or lessen the use of a resource" - 

a) Reduce;

b) Reuse;

c) Recycle.

What is:

c) RECYCLE?

400

An example of REDUCING our use of natural resources:

a) Turning plastics into new clothes;

b) Turning off water faucets when brushing our teeth;

c) Having dogs roll around in the mud.

Is an example of REDUCING our use of natural resources:

b) TURNING OFF WATER FAUCETS WHEN VRUSHING OUR TEETH?

500

The reason why we should reduce, reuse, and recycle items:

a) So we can make the Earth healthier;

b) So we can make the Earth dirtier;

c) So we can make hills out of trash!

What is:

a) SO WE CAN MAKE THE EARTH HEALTIHER?

500

A term meaning "the act of saving and protecting our natural resources by finding ways to reduce their use" - 

a) Conservation;

b) Usage;

c) Evacuation.

What is:

a) CONSERVATION?

500

The goal of conservation:

a) To use all of Earth's natural resources;

b) To help people learn how to buy new items;

c) To save and protect Earth's natural resources so we don't run out of them.

Is the goal of conservation:

c) TO SAVE AND PROTECT EARTH'S NATURAL RESOURCES SO WE DON'T RUN OUT OF THEM?