Plastic Worksheets: Home Activity

Created on March 14, 2022 By

Millie Green

Picture of turtle about to eat a plastic bag

Plastic and Plastic Pollution Quiz

Science of Materials - Plastic

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Name some properties of plastic...

Waterproof

Light

Solid

Liquid

Brittle

Adaptable

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How much plastic packaging is recycled in the UK?

32%

50%

59%

77%

100%

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How many types of plastic polymer are there?

5

7

25

100

Over 250

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What are most plastics made from?

Oil

Sand

Wood

Metal

Plants

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When was synthetic plastic invented?

1700

1854

1870

1907

1949

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How can you reduce the plastic you use at home? (Select all that apply)

Reusable bottles

Reusable shopping bags

Ask for Birthday or Christmas presents that aren't made from plastic

Check the clothes buy to see if they contain plastic

Don't change anything

Buy fruit and veg without packaging

Talk to your family about plastics

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Which of these inventions actually exists as an alternative to plastic packaging?

Packaging from cow poo

Packaging from seaweed

Packaging from mushrooms

None of these

All of these

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What is produced when plastics break down in the environment?

Child's plastic bucket on beach full of plastic litter

Carbon dioxide

Microplastics

Methane

Oil

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Complete the sentence: Plastics are a problem when discarded at sea because....

Picture of lots of plastic litter along a beach

they float around in big islands.

ocean creatures eat them thinking they are food and they never break down entirely.

they dissolve.

they react with seawater to form acids which are dissolving coral reefs.

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Are plastics a renewable or non-renewable resource?

Renewable

Non-renewable

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What is the item found most regularly on beach cleans?

Milk bottles

Yogurt pots

Cigarette butts

Coffee cups

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Are plastics a problem to wildlife when they end up in the sea?

True

False

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Where should your hard plastic packaging go?

In the recycling bin

In the sea

Throw it out of the car window

In the black bin bag

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Choose the reasons why we should recycle.

We must not waste resources.

Materials are valuable.

We should save energy to help save our world.

Reducing waste, reduces pollution.

All of the above

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Downloadable Worksheets

Home Education Worksheet: Comparing the Strength of Plastic Bags