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| --- is the careful management and wise use of natural resources. |
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| --- means that something is made into something new or different. |
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| Give 3 examples of materials that can be recycled. |
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| Why is recycling aluminum a wise thing to do? |
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| Melting aluminum for recycling takes much less electricity than having to get the raw material to make new aluminum. |
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| Why is recycling glass better than making new glass? |
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| Glass is easily recycled because recycled glass melts at at lower temperature which takes less energy. |
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| What are the four main ways to conserve resources? |
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recycling
reducing
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reusing |
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| --- is the process of using less. |
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| --- is the process of using something again. |
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| --- is the process of changing the packaging or the material of a product so that it takes fewer resources to make. It is also the making of something in a new way to use less material. |
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| --- is the protecting of an area of land or water. |
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| A --- --- is an area designed to preserve the ecosystem and the natural beauty of an area. |
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| --- is the repair of some damage done to an ecosystem. |
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| Give an example of reclamation. |
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| After mining is done the land area is reclaimed by putting the dirt back in the ground and replanting plants and trees. |
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| --- is the process that gradually changes an existing ecosystem into another ecosystem. |
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| Give an example of succession. |
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| After a forest fire destroys the plants, new plants begin to grow. Then a meadow forms. Then a forest can form. |
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| Give an example of a sudden event that can destroy an ecosystem. |
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| What are the first organism to establish themselves? |
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| --- in the soil is food to plants. |
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| How can nutrients be added to the soil? |
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| bodies of dead animals decomposing |
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| What are two ways that people use ecosystems as a resource? |
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| Some people use the lakes and rivers for recreation. Wetlands may be drained for room to build houses and shopping complexes. |
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| Give two examples of how scientist consider all of Earth's ecosystems to be interconnected. |
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1. Plants provide oxygen for people and other living organisms.
2. Trees and plants help revent the soil from washing away. |
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| Give two examples of how damaged ecosystems can be restored. |
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1. Old railroad beds can be turned into bike trails or hiking paths.
2. Mining areas can be reclaimed by filling in dirt and replanting. |
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