ENVIRONMENTWEBQUEST

Recycling

http://www.recycling-guide.org.uk/facts.html

1) How many tonnes of waste were produced in 2003-2004 by British households ? _____________________________________________________________________

2) How many were recycled ? _______________________________________________

3) Fill in this chart

4) Which percentage of a vehicle can be recycled ? ______________________________

5) How many glass bottles are used in the UK each year ? ________________________

6) Which percent of glass is recycable ? _______________________________________

7) How many tonnes of paper and cardboard are used each year in the UK ? _____________________________________________________________________

8) How many kilos of paper does a person use in the UK ? ________________________

9) How many trees does it take to 1 ton of newspaper ? ___________________________

10) How many plastic bottles are used per day ? _________________________________

11) How long can plastic take to decompose ? ___________________________________

http://www.recycling-guide.org.uk/rrr.html

12) What are the 3 R’s ? _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

A recycled… Would save enough energy to power…tin glass bottleplastic bottle

13) What’s in a British house’s bin ?

http://www.recyclenow.com/why_recycling_matters/recycling_symbols.html

14) What do these recycling symbols mean ?

The Earth Hour

http://assets.wwf.org.uk/downloads/earth_hour_toolkit_1.pdf

15) When will the WWF’s earth hour take place ? _____________________________________________________________________________________________________

16) What does it consist in ? ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

17) How many people participated in 2008 ? ____________________________________

18) Where can we sign up for the WWF’s earth hour ? _________________________________________________________________________________________________

Content %OrganicPaperConstructionPlasticsMetalOtherGlass

Renewable energies

http://www.depweb.state.pa.us/justforkids/cwp/view.asp?a=3&q=472538

19) What do we call a renewable energy ? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

20) How do we call a renewable energy obtained from :- the sun ? _________________________________________- the wind ? _________________________________________- the water ? _________________________________________- springs ? _________________________________________- waste, animal manure… ? _________________________________________

http://www.depweb.state.pa.us/justforkids/cwp/view.asp?a=3&q=472545

21) What is a non renewable energy ? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

22) What non renewable energies do you know ? ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Let’s play

http://www.childrensuniversity.manchester.ac.uk/interactives/science/energy/whatisenergy.asphttp://www.childrensuniversity.manchester.ac.uk/interactives/science/energy/wow.asphttp://www.recyclezone.org.uk/fz_challenge.aspx