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Health: Elementary School: 1st and 2nd Grade Quiz - Staying Healthy - Litter And Waste (Questions)

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Looking at staying healthy at school you will have learned about the environment. We need to keep it clean and tidy. That will help us all to stay healthy and well. It will help animals, too. How can we keep the environment clean and tidy? Do you always put litter in a bin or take it home with you? Do you always put waste in a bin? Do you recycle as much as you can?

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What should you do with litter?

[ ]	Put it into a litter bin
[ ]	Drop it on the ground
[ ]	Leave it where it is
[ ]	Put it into a post-box

What should you do with candy wrappers?

[ ]	Put them into a litter bin
[ ]	Throw them on the ground
[ ]	Let them blow away in the wind
[ ]	Leave them for somebody else to pick up

Anna’s family go for a walk. They share some candies. But there are no litter bins. What should Anna and her family do with their candy wrappers?

[ ]	Hide them in the wood
[ ]	Let them blow away
[ ]	Throw them on the ground
[ ]	Take them back home and put them in the bin

What are these students doing?

[ ]	Litter-picking
[ ]	Hedge cutting
[ ]	Grass cutting
[ ]	Surveying

Mrs Smith has a dog. She walks the dog every day. What does Mrs Smith do with the dog waste?

[ ]	Puts it in a bin
[ ]	Leaves it where it is
[ ]	Throws it away
[ ]	Ignores it

Mr Smith has a garden. What does he do with vegetable and garden waste?

[ ]	Puts it into a compost bin
[ ]	Throws it away
[ ]	Hides it
[ ]	Puts it into the paper recycling bin

Sam bought a carton of French fries. He didn’t eat all the French fries. What should he have done?

[ ]	Put them in a bin
[ ]	Left them on the ground
[ ]	Left them for the birds
[ ]	Put them on top of a bin

Where has all this waste and litter come from?

[ ]	The air
[ ]	The sea
[ ]	Out of the ground
[ ]	Animals

Molly is helping clean up a beach. What should she do with this drinks can?

[ ]	Throw it into the sea
[ ]	Bury it in in the sand
[ ]	Wash it out and reuse it
[ ]	Put it into a metal recycling bin

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Adam’s teacher asks, ‘What is the best way to stop litter?’

[ ]	Pick it up as you go along
[ ]	Don’t drop litter in the first place
[ ]	Leave litter for someone else to pick up
[ ]	Go back and pick it up

Health: Elementary School: 1st and 2nd Grade Quiz - Staying Healthy - Litter And Waste (Answers)

What should you do with litter?

[x]	Put it into a litter bin
[ ]	Drop it on the ground
[ ]	Leave it where it is
[ ]	Put it into a post-box

What do you do with your litter?

What should you do with candy wrappers?

[x]	Put them into a litter bin
[ ]	Throw them on the ground
[ ]	Let them blow away in the wind
[ ]	Leave them for somebody else to pick up

What do you do with your candy wrappers? What about your ice-cream wrappers?

Anna’s family go for a walk. They share some candies. But there are no litter bins. What should Anna and her family do with their candy wrappers?

[ ]	Hide them in the wood
[ ]	Let them blow away
[ ]	Throw them on the ground
[x]	Take them back home and put them in the bin

When you go for a walk, is there a lot of litter about?

What are these students doing?

[x]	Litter-picking
[ ]	Hedge cutting
[ ]	Grass cutting
[ ]	Surveying

Have you ever been litter-picking?

Mrs Smith has a dog. She walks the dog every day. What does Mrs Smith do with the dog waste?

[x]	Puts it in a bin
[ ]	Leaves it where it is
[ ]	Throws it away
[ ]	Ignores it

Does your family have a dog?

Mr Smith has a garden. What does he do with vegetable and garden waste?

[x]	Puts it into a compost bin
[ ]	Throws it away
[ ]	Hides it
[ ]	Puts it into the paper recycling bin

Compost is good for plants. It helps plants to grow

Sam bought a carton of French fries. He didn’t eat all the French fries. What should he have done?

[x]	Put them in a bin
[ ]	Left them on the ground
[ ]	Left them for the birds
[ ]	Put them on top of a bin

Always put waste food into a bin

Where has all this waste and litter come from?

[ ]	The air
[x]	The sea
[ ]	Out of the ground
[ ]	Animals

Have you ever found rubbish and litter washed up on a beach?

Molly is helping clean up a beach. What should she do with this drinks can?

[ ]	Throw it into the sea
[ ]	Bury it in in the sand
[ ]	Wash it out and reuse it
[x]	Put it into a metal recycling bin

All tin cans can be recycled

10.

Adam’s teacher asks, ‘What is the best way to stop litter?’

[ ]	Pick it up as you go along
[x]	Don’t drop litter in the first place
[ ]	Leave litter for someone else to pick up
[ ]	Go back and pick it up

If you do drop litter by accident, always go back and pick it up. Then put it in a bin