| Number |
Word With Blank(s) |
Definition |
| 1 |
w a __ t __ |
the often toxic by-product produced by various industrialized activities that are usually very harmful to the environment and cause contamination |
| 2 |
__ __ s t __ __ __ a b l e |
to use a resource via methods that do not deplete the supply of the resource |
| 3 |
__ e __ e __ __ b l e |
a natural resource that can be replenished via natural processes |
| 4 |
__ e c y __ __ e |
to create new products by reusing and processing used materials |
| 5 |
p __ e s __ __ v a __ __ o __ |
the act of protecting the environment and its resources by removing all human influence or interaction |
| 6 |
p o __ __ u t __ __ n |
the harmful, often toxic, human produced contaminates that disrupt or destroy an ecosystem or natural resource |
| 7 |
o __ g a __ __ c |
any substance relating to or originating from a living organism |
| 8 |
i n d __ s __ __ i a __ i __ __ t __ o __ |
the process by which a society is transformed from a pre-industrial state to an industrial one, often causing a rise in pollution and ill effects on the environment |
| 9 |
e x t __ __ __ __ __ o n |
causing a plant or animal species or organism to no longer exist, usually due to over-hunting or destruction of an ecosystem |
| 10 |
__ __ __ l o __ t __ t __ o n |
the over-consumption and misuse of the environment and its natural resources |
| 11 |
__ __ __ s y s t e __ |
the beneficial, balanced interaction and interdependency of the environment and the organisms that live within it |
| 12 |
__ e s __ __ __ i __ __ c a t i __ n |
the effect of altering the natural environment, mostly by overpopulation, over-cultivating, altering the natural flow of water, and introduction of non-native plant life; degrading the soil to the point it can no longer sustain life causing dry |
| 13 |
c __ n t __ m __ __ __ t i o __ |
when the environment or an ecosystem has been damaged by the introduction of a harmful, often toxic substance destroying a natural resource and the dependant plant and animal life |
| 14 |
__ o n __ u __ p t i __ __ |
the act of using, often to the detriment of the environment, the planets natural resources |
| 15 |
__ o n s e __ __ __ t i __ __ |
the act of promoting the responsible, renewable consumption of the natural resources of the earth to protect the environment and its natural resources from contamination or depletion |