Recycling Awareness Worksheet
A Grade 5 science worksheet focusing on the importance of recycling, identifying recyclable materials, and understanding the recycling process.
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Recycling Awareness
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Read each question carefully and answer to the best of your ability. This worksheet will test your knowledge of recycling and its importance.
1. Which of the following is NOT a benefit of recycling?
Reduces landfill waste
Conserves natural resources
Increases air pollution
Saves energy
2. What does the recycling symbol (three chasing arrows) represent?
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
Earth, Air, Water
Factory, Truck, Bin
Plastic, Paper, Glass
3. Recycling helps to keep our planet clean by reducing the amount of that goes into landfills.
4. When we recycle, old materials are turned into products.
5. All types of plastic can be recycled.
True
False
6. Recycling paper saves trees.
True
False
7. Name three items you can recycle at home.
Look at the recycling symbol below. What do you think each arrow represents in the process of recycling?

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