1. |
Compost pile |
A. When natural materials break down and become soil. |
2. |
Conservation |
B. Dirty. |
3. |
Decomposition |
C. A place to put vegetable peels, leaves,
and grass clippings where they will decompose to humus.
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4. |
Environment |
D. Chemicals and some industrial and
household wastes that are harmful to all living things. |
5. |
Leachate |
E. Wise use of our natural resources to avoid waste.
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6. |
Natural resources |
F. The dirty water that collects after rain runs
through a landfill. |
7. |
Polluted |
G. Things we depend on in our environment that are
supplied by nature, such as air, water, soil, and
wildlife. |
8. |
Recycling |
H. A place where garbage is properly buried to
protect water and the surrounding environment. |
9. |
Reuse |
I. The world around us. |
10. |
Sanitary landfill |
J. Collecting and using materials to make new
products. |
11. |
Toxic waste |
K. Using items more than one time, i.e. peanut butter
jars to hold buttons or nails. |
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. |