3rd Grade Pollution Unit Vocabulary

Vocabulary in 3rd Grade Pollution Unit

Nonrenewable Resources Reuse

Renewable Resources Reduce

Natural Resources Recycle

Air Pollution Habitat

Water Pollution Pollution

Land Pollution Conservation

What do we call a material that is found in nature that is used by living things?

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Natural Resources

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What do we call the place where a population lives in an ecosystem?

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Habitat

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What do we call it when we reuse a resource to make something new?

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Recycle

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What do we call harmful material in the environment?

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Pollution

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What do we call dirtying the air?

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Air pollution

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What do we call dirtying the water?

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Water pollution

What do we call dirtying the land?

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Land pollution

What do we call it when we use something again instead of throwing it away?

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Reuse

What do we call it when we use less of a resource?

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Reduce

What do we call the saving of resources by using them carefully?

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Conservation

What do we call resources that cannot be replaced in a human lifetime?

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Nonrenewable Resources

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What do we call resources that can be replaced during a human lifetime?

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Renewable Resources

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