No. |
Word |
Answer |
Definition |
1. |
Compost Pile |
C |
A place to put vegetable peels, leaves, and grass clippings where they
will decompose to humus. |
2. |
Conservation |
E |
Wise use of our natural resources to avoid
waste. |
3. |
Decomposition |
A |
When natural materials break down and become
soil. |
4. |
Environment |
I |
The world around us. |
5. |
Leachate |
F |
The dirty water that collects after rain runs
through a landfill. |
6. |
Natural resources |
G |
Things we depend on in our environment that are
supplied by nature, such as air, water, soil, and
wildlife. |
7. |
Polluted |
B |
Dirty. |
8. |
Recycling |
J |
Collecting and using materials to make new
products. |
9. |
Reuse |
K |
Using items more than one time, i.e. peanut butter
jars to hold buttons or nails. |
10. |
Sanitary landfill |
H |
A place where garbage is properly buried to
protect water and the surrounding environment. |
11. |
Toxic waste |
D |
Chemicals and some industrial and household wastes
that are harmful to all living things. |
12. |
Waste wise |
L |
Using our heads about conserving, recycling, and
any problems we might have dealing with solid waste. |
13. |
Solid waste |
M |
Everything we throw away, i.e., glass, metal,
plastic, and kitchen scraps. |
14. |
Resource recovery |
N |
A place where waste is burned and energy is plant
produced. |