Conserve and Replenish

Conservation

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Resources are things we can use. We use resources every day. People need to conserve resources like water, oil and trees. Conserve means to use something carefully and not waste it. If we do not use resources carefully they will run out.

Multiple Choice

What words means to "use something carefully and not waste it."

• compost

• conserve

• replenish

• resource

Multiple Choice

Which word means "a thing we use."

• compost

• conserve

• replenish

• resource

Replenish means to replace. Many of Earth's resources replenish themselves. Living things reproduce. Most plants create seeds that make new plants​. Animals have babies. However, we can use resources faster than they can replenish themselves. We have to be careful.

Multiple Choice

Which means the same as replenish?

• replace

• reduce

• reuse

• recycle

Can people replenish the earth's resources? We can replenish some of them, but it may take a very long time. It takes many years or more for many trees to grow. Some resources like oil and coal take millions of years to grow.

Multiple Choice

Can humans replenish Earth's resources?

• Humans can help replenish ALL of Earth's resources.

• Humans can help replenish SOME of Earth's resources

• Humans CANNOT help replenish Earth's resources

Multiple Choice

Can a resources that has become extinct be replenished?

• yes

• no

• sometimes