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| damaging acidic rain or snow formed when gases are realased by burning oil and coal mixed with water. Can kill fish, plants, and trees. |
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| new renewable or inexhaustible energy source includes solar energy, wind, and geothermal energy |
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| made from the remains of dead organisms that lived millions of years ago. They are oli, coal, and natural gas. |
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| An area where garbage is left, cover with a thin layer of dirt then watered down to keep the materials from blowing around. 80 perfect of garbage goes into landfill. |
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| Things found in nature that organisms use to meet their needs, ex.veggies, tress, oil, and minerals. |
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| Resource like oil that form slowley after a long period of time and can't be replaced by natural process in less than 100 years |
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| any materials that harm living things by interfering with life process such as errupting volcanoes and other human activites ex. burning fossil fuels |
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| reusing materials after they have been changed this another form, which often saves energy, water, and other resources. |
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| Resource like water that can be replaced by natural process in less than 100 years |
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| things that people throw away that are solid or near solid form. Ex metal scraps, old plastic, and old newspaper |
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