Unit 7 Vocabulary Quiz

To use something again

• population

• reuse

• natural resource

• conserve

To preserve and protect an ecosystem or a resource

(Example- Turning the lights off or not letting water run while you brush your teeth)

• recycle

• biodegradable

• conserve

• population

To use less of something

• decompose

• recycle

• natural resource

• reduce

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

Able to be decomposed by living organisms

• biodegradable

• decompose

• reduce

• reuse

Anything from nature that people can use

(Examples- water, soil, trees)

• population

• natural resource

• conserve

• pollution

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

Any waste product or contamination that harms or dirties an ecosystem and harms organisms.

• recycle

• population

• pollution

• decompose

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

Breaking down dead organisms and animal wastes into simpler substances to get energy

• recycle

• decompose

• conserve

• biodegradable

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

All the organisms of the same kind that live together in a given area.

• pollution

• natural resource

• reuse

• population

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

To use the materials in old things to make new things.

• conserve

• recycle

• reduce

• biodegradable

Tags

NGSS.MS-ETS1-2