| 1. 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 |
| A) ecosystem B) conservation C) consumption D) contamination E) renewable |
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| 2. the act of using, often to the detriment of the environment, the planets natural resources |
| A) pollution B) recycle C) contamination D) renewable E) consumption |
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| 3. 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 |
| A) conservation B) sustainable C) ecosystem D) contamination E) organic |
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| 4. 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 |
| A) preservation B) ecosystem C) industrialization D) desertification E) conservation |
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| 5. the beneficial, balanced interaction and interdependency of the environment and the organisms that live within it |
| A) ecosystem B) recycle C) waste D) conservation E) exploitation |
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| 6. the over-consumption and misuse of the environment and its natural resources |
| A) consumption B) conservation C) desertification D) waste E) exploitation |
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| 7. causing a plant or animal species or organism to no longer exist, usually due to over-hunting or destruction of an ecosystem |
| A) extinction B) waste C) renewable D) contamination E) organic |
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| 8. 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 |
| A) preservation B) contamination C) pollution D) organic E) industrialization |
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| 9. any substance relating to or originating from a living organism |
| A) contamination B) exploitation C) recycle D) desertification E) organic |
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| 10. the harmful, often toxic, human produced contaminates that disrupt or destroy an ecosystem or natural resource |
| A) renewable B) pollution C) recycle D) preservation E) desertification |
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| 11. the act of protecting the environment and its resources by removing all human influence or interaction |
| A) preservation B) pollution C) waste D) renewable E) ecosystem |
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| 12. to create new products by reusing and processing used materials |
| A) waste B) recycle C) preservation D) pollution E) organic |
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| 13. a natural resource that can be replenished via natural processes |
| A) conservation B) recycle C) sustainable D) organic E) renewable |
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| 14. to use a resource via methods that do not deplete the supply of the resource |
| A) sustainable B) organic C) consumption D) renewable E) recycle |
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| 15. the often toxic by-product produced by various industrialized activities that are usually very harmful to the environment and cause contamination |
| A) contamination B) exploitation C) conservation D) waste E) renewable |
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