Understanding Key Vocabulary Terms

What does the word "destroyed" mean?

• Built up

• Spoiled or ruined or demolished

• Made new

• Painted

What is an "opportunity"?

• A type of food

• A chance to do something

• A kind of animal

• A place to live

Which word means "put together; fitted together; built"?

• Destroyed

• Constructed

• Reclaimed

• Spoiled

What does "reclaimed" mean?

• To throw away a material

• To 'get back' a material so it can be used again

• To break something

• To hide something

What is "Sustainability" about?

• Using resources in ways that do not constrain resource use in the future

• Using as much as possible right now

• Throwing away all resources

• Only using nonrenewable resources

Which of the following is an example of something being "reclaimed"?

• Throwing a plastic bottle in the trash

• Using old bricks to build a new wall

• Burning paper

• Breaking a toy

If a building is "constructed," what has happened?

• It has been taken apart

• It has been built

• It has been painted

• It has been cleaned

Why is sustainability important for the future?

• It helps us use resources so they last longer

• It makes things more expensive

• It means we use everything quickly

• It is not important

Which of these is an example of narrative nonfiction?

• A made-up fairy tale

• A true story about a famous person’s life

• A poem about the sun

• A science fiction story

Imagine you have a chance to help clean up a park. How could this be an "opportunity" to support sustainability?

• By throwing more trash on the ground

• By helping to keep the park clean for everyone in the future

• By ignoring the trash

• By using up all the park’s resources