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OSW Week 15
Modifying Our Environment
Term | Definition |
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environment | everything that is around us |
nature | the world and everything in it such as plants, animals, mountains, oceans, starts, and other things not made by people |
artificial | describes something that is not natural or made by people |
reservoir | an artificial lake or pond to store water |
climate | weather patterns over time in a region |
atmosphere | the air that surrounds the Earth |
resources | materials, goods, or labor used to produce things for people to buy |
nonrenewable | a resource that can not be easily replaced by nature |
renewable | a resource that can produce again fairly easily |
protect | to stop something bad from happening to someone or something |
conservation | the act of saving something for later use |
fossil fuels | oil, coal, and natural gas made from the remains of organisms that lived long ago |
organisms | plants, animals, and other living things |