4-14-25 Vocabulary for Behavior Impacts Sustainability

Resource:

• Something that is very difficult to find.

• Something that is used to meet a need.

• Something that is old and no longer useful.

• Something that is found only in one place.

Consume:

• To create or build something new.

• To look at something without touching it.

• To use up or eat something completely.

• To save something for a later time.

Preserve:

• To throw away something that is old.

• To keep something safe and protect it.

• To change something into a different form.

• To use something up very quickly.

Conserve:

• To use something carelessly and wastefully.

• To use something carefully and avoid waste.

• To find something that was lost a long time ago.

• To share something with a large group of people.

Replenish:

• To make something smaller or decrease it.

• To fill something up again after it has been used.

• To mix different things together thoroughly.

• To take something apart into smaller pieces.

Finite:

• Something that goes on forever without ending.

• Having a limit or an end point in quantity.

• Something that is very large and cannot be counted.

• Something that is constantly changing its form.

Excessive:

• Just the right amount that is needed.

• A very small amount or not enough.

• More than what is necessary or reasonable.

• Exactly the amount that was expected.

Essential:

• Not really needed or important at all.

• Something that is nice to have but not crucial.

• Absolutely necessary or very important.

• Something that is only useful sometimes.

Available:

• Hidden away and cannot be found easily.

• Broken or not able to be used right now.

• Able to be used or obtained when needed.

• Belonging to someone else and not accessible.

Utilize:

• To ignore something and not make use of it.

• To make practical use of something for a purpose.

• To put something away in a safe storage place.

• To look at something without understanding it.