Vocabulary
Living and nonliving things found on Earth that people need
What are natural resources?
Name 2 examples of renewable resources
What is air and sunlight?
A material that cannot be recycled
What is coal?
When miners dig a hole to search for coal, animals will leave the area. One way people can restore the land for animals is to do what?
What is fill in the hole with new soil?
This word means to use fewer resources.
What is reduce?
Resources that will not run out if used wisely
What are renewable resources?
This natural resource is also called dirt.
What is soil?
People can restore a natural resource by doing this.
What is planting new trees?
An example of someone reusing an object
What is taking shopping bags back to a store to use again?
True or False? Plastic is a material made from oil.
What is true?
Resources that cannot be replaced quickly enough to keep from running out
What are nonrenewable resources?
This is where fossil fuels are found.
What is the earth?
This is the main way a landform harms the environment.
What is it damages animal habitats?
This natural resource is used to make things such as tools and electronics.
What are metals?
Paper is made from this natural resource.
What are trees?
Using a material in an old object to make a new object
What is recycling?
A nonrenewable resource that can be used as a building material
What are rocks?
Why do people work hard to get things like metals, rocks, and water from the Earth?
What is they need natural resources to live?
This natural resource is an invisible mixture of gases.
What is air?
True or False? The sun's energy will run out soon.
What is false?
A source of energy formed from plants or animals that died long ago
What are fossil fuels?
These nonrenewable resources are used to heat homes.
What are fossil fuels?
A farmer decides to cut down and sell some trees from his farm. This is an example of what?
What is changing the environment to get resources?
This is a place where trash is buried.
What is a landfill?
When a new neighborhood is built on the edge of a town, it can change the habitat. When the environment changes, many plants and animals cannot live there anymore. What happens to the animals?
What is the animals move away or they will die out?