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Grade 5 Protecting Earth's Resources Worksheet with Answers
Grade 5 (US) · Year 6 (UK) · Class 5 (India) · Science
Unit 4: Earth's SystemsProtecting EarthNGSS 5-ESS3-1
How communities reduce pollution and protect land, water and living things. This free upper elementary worksheet has 11 questions and a full answer key. Print it or save it as a PDF — every answer is checked by code, not guessed.
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Learning goal: Protecting Earth · NGSS 5-ESS3-1
Directions: Read each question carefully and write your answer on the line.
RememberEnergy resources
- 1
Why is reusing a bottle better than recycling it?
- 2
Name a way to reduce air pollution.
- 3
How do wind farms help protect Earth's air?
- 4
Why is cutting down forests a problem?
- 5
Why do some cities plant more trees?
- 6
What is pollution?
- 7
What are the three Rs?
- 8
What is a protected area such as a national park for?
- 9
What does it mean to recycle?
- 10
Why is plastic in the ocean harmful?
- 11
How can a community protect a river?
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Answer key — Protecting Earth's Resources (Grade 5)
- 1.reusing saves the energy needed to recycle
- 2.walk, bike, use public transport or clean energy (any one)
- 3.they make electricity without burning fuel
- 4.animals lose homes and less carbon dioxide is absorbed
- 5.trees clean the air, give shade and absorb carbon dioxide
- 6.harmful materials added to air, water or land
- 7.reduce, reuse, recycle
- 8.to protect land, plants and animals
- 9.turn used materials into new products
- 10.animals eat it or get tangled
- 11.stop dumping waste, plant trees on banks, clean-ups (any one)
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- 1.reusing saves the energy needed to recycle
- 2.walk, bike, use public transport or clean energy (any one)
- 3.they make electricity without burning fuel
- 4.animals lose homes and less carbon dioxide is absorbed
- 5.trees clean the air, give shade and absorb carbon dioxide
- 6.harmful materials added to air, water or land
- 7.reduce, reuse, recycle
- 8.to protect land, plants and animals
- 9.turn used materials into new products
- 10.animals eat it or get tangled
- 11.stop dumping waste, plant trees on banks, clean-ups (any one)
- ★the sun (challenge corner)
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