4th Grade Semester 2 Vocab

prevention of wasteful use of resources

• Conservation
• Disposal
• Environmental Impact
• Natural Resource

throwing away or getting rid of products no longer needed

• Conservation
• Disposal
• Environmental Impact
• Natural Resource

a condition that results in a change to the biotic or abiotic factors of an ecosystem

• Conservation
• Disposal
• Environmental Impact
• Natural Resource

anything found in nature that can be used by humans

• Conservation
• Disposal
• Environmental Impact
• Natural Resource

natural resources that cannot naturally replenish themselves

• Nonrenewable Resources
• Renewable Resources
• Recycling
• Impact

natural resources that are replaceable within a person’s lifetime

• Nonrenewable Resources
• Renewable Resources
• Recycling
• Impact

the process of taking materials ready to be thrown away and converting (changing) them into reusable materials

• Nonrenewable Resources
• Renewable Resources
• Recycling
• Impact

have a strong effect on someone or something.

• Nonrenewable Resources
• Renewable Resources
• Recycling
• Impact

something that helps to make someone or something better or more likely to succeed

• Advantage
• Shortage
• Manufacturing
• Abundance

a situation in which there is not enough of something

• Advantage
• Shortage
• Manufacturing
• Abundance