Earth Day Vocabulary

what is a landfill

• recycling centre

• a tip, dump, or a rubbish dump or the site for the disposal of waste material

• a land full of recycling skips

what is air pollution

• air that has harmful substances

• pollen in the air

• filling an air balloon with harmful gas.

what is smog

• fog mixed with smoke

• a source of energy

• mixing recycling and non-recycling materials

what is overfishing?

• scamming people online

• fishing over water

• catching too many fish

over hunting is: __________________

what is deforestation

• building a station in the forest

• cutting down a large number of trees in the forest

• frost in the forest

what is carbon footprint?

• the carbon released into the air from humans, animals, and industry

• The footprint you leave on the ground