Recycling Worksheets for Grade 4 Social Studies

📚 Topic Summary

Recycling is like giving trash a new life! Instead of throwing things away, we can turn them into something new. Recycling helps protect our planet by saving resources, reducing pollution, and conserving energy. When we recycle paper, plastic, glass, and metal, we're helping to create a cleaner, healthier world for everyone.

This worksheet will help you learn more about recycling and how you can make a difference. Let's get started!

♻️ Part A: Vocabulary

Match the term with its definition:

1. Plastic
2. Recycle
3. Landfill
4. Compost
5. Conservation

1. A place where trash is buried.
2. To turn waste into reusable material.
3. A type of material that can be molded into different shapes.
4. The protection of natural resources.
5. Decomposed organic material used as fertilizer.

🗑️ Part B: Fill in the Blanks

Use the words below to complete the sentences.

Words: Paper, Energy, Environment, Reduce, Reuse

We can help the ________ by recycling. We can ________ the amount of waste we create by using less. It takes less ________ to make new products from recycled materials. We can ________ items like water bottles and shopping bags. Recycling ________ saves trees and other natural resources.

🤔 Part C: Critical Thinking

How does recycling help your community and the world? Give at least three reasons.