Vocabulary
USING NATURAL
RESOURCES
HARMING NATURAL RESOURCES
Conservation
Bonus
100

This is anything in nature people can use to meet their needs.

natural resource

100

Water is a natural resource. Name 2 ways people use water.

bathing, cooking, cleaning, drinking, boating, swimming, traveling, shipping goods, raising animals, growing plants

100
Name a way to save water at home.
What is taking a shorter shower, turning off water when brushing teeth, don’t leave water running when filling something up?
100
The 3 R’s of protecting natural resources.
What is reduce, reuse, recycle?
100
Sally sorts her garbage by placing glass bottles in a separate container. She is doing this.
What is recycling?
200

This is to use a resource again.

reuse

200

Air is a natural resource. Name a way people use air.

source of energy or to breathe

200
This it what it means to waste natural resources.
What is to use natural resources that you do not need? BONUS!
200
Some things that can be recycled.
What is glass, metal, plastic, paper?
200
TRUE or FALSE: cotton comes from a plant.
What is TRUE?
300

This is waste that harms the air, water or land.

pollution

300

Ores are found here.

What is near Earth’s surface or deep below ground?

300
Name a cause of air pollution.
What is smoke or fumes from factories and cars?
300
This is how reusing a lunchbox can protect our natural resources.
What is fewer new things are made from natural resources and also less trash is made?
300
Bricks can be made from animals, clay, plants, or trees.
What is clay?
400

Recycle means to use the materials in old things to make ______ ______.

new things

400
This is a natural resource burned as fuel: air, plants, soil, water.
What is plants?
400
Name 2 causes of water pollution.
What is trash, oil spills, waste from factories?
400
This is what it means to conserve something.
What is to use it wisely so it will last longer? BONUS!
400
Name something people can do to help endangered animals.
What is protect the homes and places where animals live or move them to safe places?
500

This is a word that means to preserve or protect an ecosystem or resource.

Conservation

500

Animals are a natural resource. Name 2 ways people use animals.

food and clothing

500
This is litter.
What is trash that people do not put in trash cans?
500
Cities and towns can reduce pollution by doing this.
What is passing laws that make littering and burning trash illegal?
500
This is a natural source of energy that does not get used up like coal, gas and oil do.
What is water, wind, sunlight?
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