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Unit 1 - Lesson 1
You and the Land vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| non renewable resources | a resource that is in limited supply and cannot be replaced once it has been used |
| pesticides | any substance intended for preventing or killing pests |
| agriculture | farming |
| ecosystems | a specific area where living and nonliving animal interact |
| pollutants | waste matter that contaminates the water or air or soil |
| recycle | taking old materials and making them into something new |
| conservation | act of using a resource wisely |
| landfills | solid waste disposal area, a dump |
| habitat | where an organism lives |
| EPA | Environmental Protection Agency |
| endangered species | animals with very small numbers that might no longer exists |
| DDT | dangerous pesticide, no longer in the USA, used to kill insects |
| fossil fuel | a nonrenewable energy resource formed from the remains of organisms that lived long ago |