Sharing the Planet Vocabulary

Sustainability is making sure that the planet and its resources can continue to provide life.

• True

• False

The ability to keep using things for a long time without it running out

• Sustainability

• Lifestyle

• Environment

• Climate change

The living things around you. Animals or plants.

• Environment

• Climate change

• Resources

• Sustainability

The way people or groups of people live their lives.

• Sustainability

• Environment

• Lifestyle

• Renewable resources

A person who campaigns to bring around political or social change.

• Activist

• Man-made resources

• Sustainability

• Environment

An increase in the temperature of the globe. The results of this cause many problems (animal extinction, deforestation, destroying sea life, and much more)

• Climate change (global warming)

• Natural resources

• Sustainability

• Lifestyle

A resource that can be repeated and replaced naturally

• Renewable resources

• Non-renewable resources

• Natural resources

• Man-made resources

After this type of resource is used, it cannon be used again.

• Renewable resources

• Non-renewable resources

• Natural resources

• Man-made resources

Something found in nature that humans can use.

• Renewable resources

• Natural resources

• Non-renewable resources

• Man-made resources

Something NOT found in nature that humans use/creates

• Renewable resources

• Non-renewable resources

• Natural resources

• Man-made resources