Question | Answer |
Examples of renewable resources | water, trees, plants, animals, carbon, |
substances that can be naturally renewed in nature | renewable |
the practice of protecting and preserving natural resources | conservation |
any change in the environment that harms it | pollution |
a type of soil conservation that involves stair like shapes on the sides of hills that slow moving water | terraces |
substances that can not naturally renew its supply in nature | nonrenewable |
when sulfur and nitrogen oxides become air pollution they often turn into this | acid rain |
large amounts of water that collect in an area under the surface of the Earth | Groundwater or Aquifer |
burning of this can release carbon dioxide, and other types of pollution | fossil fuels |
an area into which all running water or precipitaion can drain into, often a river or large lake | watershed |
when substances are changed by a process, usually melting, into another useful product | recycle |
if a person buys one large container of food instead of 7 or 8 smaller containers made of the same material | reduce |
soil, minerals, gold, oil, coal, | nonrenewable |