Tehya's Pollution Solution Vocabulary

What is a Cedar?

• An animal

• A tree

• The name of Tehya's Special Rock

• Teyha's Grandma

Tribal council?

• Teyha's Friend Group

• A small group of people who gather to discuss and make decisions for the tribe

• The name of her community

• The state she lives in

Dam?

• A barrier created across a river or stream to hold back water.

• An animal located on the river banks

• The pollutant Teyha saw

• Where Teyha lives

Elder?

• Older wise person

• The name of her toy car

• A barrier created across a river or stream to hold back water.

Environmental Engineer?

• A person who uses his or her creativity and understanding of mathematics and science to design things that help solve problems in the air, water, soil, and natural environment.

• A teacher

• is a professional who practices in the field of urban planning.

Reservation?

• Any thing, system, or process that people create and use to solve a problem.

• The state where Teyha lives

• Land that has been set aside for a group of people.

Technology?

• A person who uses his or her creativity and understanding of mathematics and science to design things that help solve problems in the air, water, soil, and natural environment.

• Any thing, system, or process that people create and use to solve a problem.

• Land that has been set aside for a group of people.

Pollute?

• To make dirty or harmful.

• A community of organisms (including animals, plants, fungi, and bacteria) and the physical environment in which they live.

• A person who uses his or her creativity and understanding of mathematics and science to design things that help solve problems in the air, water, soil, and natural environment.

Ecosystem?

• a series of organisms each dependent on the next as a source of food.

• a system of interlocking and interdependent food chains.

• a community of interacting organisms and their physical environment.

Boom?

• A loud sound created by trees falling into the river

• A floating beam that is used to gather oil during oil spills.

• A speaker she takes with her on her adventure