Earth Day Vocabulary

__________ is the process of using again, making old things useful.

• Recycling

• Reduce

• Mission

When the Earth makes one complete turn in 24 hours....

• revolution

• rotation

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

This causes day and night:

• revolution

• rotation

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An ​ (a)   line that goes through the ​ (b)   so that it can ​ (c)   is called the ​ (d)   .

• imaginary

• Earth

• spin

• axis

In 2009, the United Nations renamed Earth Day as _____________________________________________________.

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 annual celebration that honors the achievements of the environmental movement & raises awareness of the need to protect Earth's natural resources (a)  

• Earth Day

• Nature Day

• Eco Day

• RRR Day

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What is the term for the variety of life in the world or in a particular habitat or ecosystem?

• Biodiversity

• Ecosystem

• Habitat

• Conservation

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Which layer of the Earth’s atmosphere contains the ozone layer?

• Troposphere

• Stratosphere

• Mesosphere

• Thermosphere

What is the main gas responsible for the greenhouse effect?

• Oxygen

• Nitrogen

• Carbon Dioxide

• Hydrogen

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Which process involves the conversion of waste materials into new materials and objects?

• Recycling

• Composting

• Incineration

• Landfilling