Resource Conservation

What is conservation?

• Saving natural resources by reducing, reusing, and recycling.

• Watching television throughout the day.

• Using natural and human resources.

• Leaving the watering running.

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Which of the following is a way a person could conserve natural resources?

• recycling waste materials like plastic, glass, paper, and aluminum

• limiting water by turning off the faucet when washing hands or brushing your teeth

• compost food scraps

• all of the above are good conservation practices

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Which of these forms of transportation conserves the MOST resources?

• cars

• buses

• bicycles

• trains

Which of the following is NOT a way to conserve resources?

• Reduce

• Reuse

• Compost

• Rewind

The careful use of a resource is....

• recycling

• pollution

• depositing

• conservation

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The careful use of a resource is __.

• recycling

• pollution

• depositing

• conservation

Answer explanation

The careful use of a resource refers to conservation, which involves managing resources wisely to prevent waste and ensure sustainability. Recycling is part of conservation, but conservation encompasses broader practices.

Protecting something in its original state

• Conservation

• Pollution

• Stewardship

• Tradeoffs

True of false. When you reduce, reuse, and recycle you are conserving natural resources?

• True

• False

What are we doing to conserve when we take short showers?

• Recycling water

• Reusing water

• Reducing the amount of water used

What are we doing when we turn off the fan and the lights when we leave the room.

• We are REDUCING our use of electricity.

• We are RECYCLING, making electricity into something new.

• We are REUSING the electricity by using it again in a new way.