Conservation of Resources (5.1B)

The student is expected to make informed choices in the conservation, disposal, and recycling of materials.




Vocabulary:
Conservation: The wise use and protection of natural resources

Environment: The living and nonliving things that are around an organism

Natural Resource: Materials in the environment that are useful to people

Renewable Resource: Resources that nature replenished as they are being used

Nonrenewable Resource: Resources that nature cannot replace as fast as they are used

Waste: Without any use or benefit

Recycle: To change waste into a new and usable product

Reduce: Lowering the amount of waste produced by an individual or whole society

Reuse: Using a product more than once

Landfill: A location for the disposal of waste

Environmentally Friendly: Does not damage the physical, chemical or biological factors in which a living organism or community exists

Pollution: The presence of harmful substances in the environment

Energy Efficient: Use less energy to produce results

Green: Friendly to the environment

Disposal: Getting rid of; throwing away

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