Earth Day Vocabulary

What does the word conserve mean?

• protect from harm or overuse.

• make smaller or less.

• a community of living organisms.

• to use again.

What does the word pollute mean?

• protect from harm or overuse.

• a layer that protects us from the sun’s harmful rays.

• to make water, land and air dirty.

• to change waste into something useful.

What does the word recycle mean?

• the area around a person, animal, or plant.

• to keep from harm.

• make smaller or less.

• to change waste into something useful.

What does the word reduce mean?

• the study of organisms and their surroundings.

• a community of living organisms.

• make smaller or less.

• to keep from harm.

What does the word reuse mean?

• a community of living organisms.

• the study of organisms and their surroundings.

• a layer that protects us from the sun’s harmful rays.

• to use again.

What does the word environment mean?

• the area around a person, animal, or plant.

• to make water, land and air dirty.

• a community of living organisms.

• to keep from harm.

What does the word ecology mean?

• the study of organisms and their surroundings.

• to keep from harm.

• make smaller or less.

• a layer that protects us from the sun’s harmful rays.

What does the word ecosystem mean?

• a community of living organisms.

• to change waste into something useful.

• to make water, land and air dirty.

• to use again.

What does the word protect mean?

• the area around a person, animal, or plant.

• to keep from harm.

• to change waste into something useful.

• to make water, land and air dirty.

What is the ozone layer?

• a layer that protects us from the sun’s harmful rays.

• the area around a person, animal, or plant.

• make smaller or less.

• to change waste into something useful.