Environmental and Resource Vocabulary

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sustainable

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Able to be used without being totally used up

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Nonrenewable resource

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Resource that cannot be replaced naturally

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Renewable resource

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Resource that is replaced naturally

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Fossil fuel

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Resource that comes from the earth

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principle

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The basic truth of something

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conservation

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The careful use of natural resources

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compatible

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Able to work with something or someone else

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emit

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To send out from a source

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fixture

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A device or apparatus permanently attached, usually to a building.