KS2 Recycling | How Reusing Waste Protects the Environment

Geography Quiz - Recycling (Questions)

In KS2 one aspect of geography looked at is the ways we can help to protect the environment. An important part of this is recycling waste.

Our rubbish, or waste, can be a threat to the environment. Recycling our waste is one way that we can help to protect the environment. Recycling is converting waste into reusable material. An example is when a product is melted so that the material can be used to make new products. Most products can be recycled...although not all of them. You are probably familiar with recycling household waste such as bottles, cans and paper.

Try this quiz to see how much you know about recycling and how it helps to protect the Earth for all of us - humans, animals and plants - to enjoy. .

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Which of these is a problem caused by throwing rubbish away?

[ ]	We will eventually run out of raw materials
[ ]	Lots of energy is needed to make items from raw materials
[ ]	Waste pollutes rivers and other environments
[ ]	All of these

Which materials are difficult to recycle?

[ ]	Papers
[ ]	Metals
[ ]	Textiles
[ ]	Plastics

Which material needs separating into different colours before recycling?

[ ]	Paper
[ ]	Plastic
[ ]	Steel
[ ]	Glass

Which is NOT one of the 3 Rs?

[ ]	Recycle
[ ]	Remodel
[ ]	Reuse
[ ]	Reduce

Which of these is NOT an environmentally-friendly method of disposing of potato peelings?

[ ]	Put in rubbish bin
[ ]	Put on garden
[ ]	Put in compost bin
[ ]	Feed to pigs

Where does our non-recycled rubbish go?

[ ]	Into space
[ ]	Landfill or incinerated
[ ]	Into the sea
[ ]	Recycling plant

How would you dispose of a book you no longer needed?

[ ]	Throw it in the bin
[ ]	Recycle it
[ ]	Burn it
[ ]	Give it to someone else to read

Which recycle bin would you put a drinks can in?

[ ]	Plastic
[ ]	Glass
[ ]	Paper
[ ]	Aluminium

On average how much waste does a person in the UK throw away each year?

[ ]	Own body weight
[ ]	Ten times own body weight
[ ]	Hundred times own body weight
[ ]	Thousand times own body weight

10.

Why should batteries not go to a landfill?

[ ]	They could explode
[ ]	They can leak chemicals
[ ]	They could be recharged
[ ]	They could be reused

Geography Quiz - Recycling (Answers)

Which of these is a problem caused by throwing rubbish away?

[ ]	We will eventually run out of raw materials
[ ]	Lots of energy is needed to make items from raw materials
[ ]	Waste pollutes rivers and other environments
[x]	All of these

There are lots of reasons why we should try to reduce the amount of rubbish we throw away

Which materials are difficult to recycle?

[ ]	Papers
[ ]	Metals
[x]	Textiles
[ ]	Plastics

Textiles can be reused

Which material needs separating into different colours before recycling?

[ ]	Paper
[ ]	Plastic
[ ]	Steel
[x]	Glass

Glass is usually clear, green or brown

Which is NOT one of the 3 Rs?

[ ]	Recycle
[x]	Remodel
[ ]	Reuse
[ ]	Reduce

We can reduce the amount of rubbish by reusing things or recycling them

Which of these is NOT an environmentally-friendly method of disposing of potato peelings?

[x]	Put in rubbish bin
[ ]	Put on garden
[ ]	Put in compost bin
[ ]	Feed to pigs

Things in the rubbish bin go to landfill sites or incinerators

Where does our non-recycled rubbish go?

[ ]	Into space
[x]	Landfill or incinerated
[ ]	Into the sea
[ ]	Recycling plant

Things in landfill sites or incinerators will never be used again

How would you dispose of a book you no longer needed?

[ ]	Throw it in the bin
[ ]	Recycle it
[ ]	Burn it
[x]	Give it to someone else to read

You might even give it to a charity shop

Which recycle bin would you put a drinks can in?

[ ]	Plastic
[ ]	Glass
[ ]	Paper
[x]	Aluminium

Aluminium is a type of metal we can recycle

On average how much waste does a person in the UK throw away each year?

[ ]	Own body weight
[x]	Ten times own body weight
[ ]	Hundred times own body weight
[ ]	Thousand times own body weight

Just think how much rubbish that would be in a whole lifetime!

10.

Why should batteries not go to a landfill?

[ ]	They could explode
[x]	They can leak chemicals
[ ]	They could be recharged
[ ]	They could be reused

Many types of batteries use poisonous chemicals like lead or mercury and these must be disposed of safely