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Class 3 Taking Charge of Waste worksheet
CBSE Science. Green and blue dustbins, reduce, reuse and recycle, how waste harms us and animals, compost, clean places. Every sheet has 20 questions in three sections and an answer key, and the numbers change every time.
Sample questions
Real questions from this chapter, as the app sets them. Tap Answer to see the answer and working.
Section A · multiple choice
- 1.
Fruit peels and dried leaves go into the:
- river
- roadside
- blue dustbin
- green dustbin
Answer
(d) green dustbin
- 2.
Which of these goes into the GREEN dustbin?
- rotten fruit
- a glass bottle
- an old light bulb
- an old notebook
Answer
(a) rotten fruit
- 3.
Which of these goes into the BLUE dustbin?
- a banana peel
- leftover food
- dried leaves
- an old light bulb
Answer
(d) an old light bulb
Section B · short answer
- 4.
Name three things in your home that become waste.
Answer
Any three: fruit and vegetable peels, paper, plastic wrappers, bottles, tins, old clothes, pencil shavings, old batteries.
- 5.
Write "green" or "blue" for the dustbin each goes into: (a) an old light bulb (b) a used milk packet
Answer
(a) blue (b) blue
Section C · long answer
- 6.
Plan a zero-waste birthday party. What waste could be made, and how will you avoid it?
Answer
Waste: plastic plates, wrappers, balloons, leftover food; avoid it with steel plates, home-made decorations, newspaper gift wrap and just enough food.
Fresh sheets for your child
In the app, every Taking Charge of Waste sheet is new: the app remembers the questions your child has already had and leaves them out. Print the sheet as a PDF, or use notebook mode and write the answers in a notebook.
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