Biodegradable

Non-biodegradable

Consumer

Organism

Decomposer

Producer

Ecosystem

Scavenger

Environment

Compost

Vermicomposting

Waste

A substance that take a long time to

break down

Natural substances that break down

quickly.

A living thing.

An organism that cannot make its own

food.

An organism that makes its own food.

Organisms that break down plant and

animal waste.

Animals that eat dead matter.

A certain environment made up of living

and non-living things.

The material that results from the

decay of organic material.

Our surroundings.

Material that is not wanted.

The use of earthworms to convert

organic waste into fertilizer.

Recyclable

Dump

Reusable

Non-disposable

Fungi

Disposable

Landfill

Recycle

Environmentally Friendly

Methane

Litter

Reduce

A place where waste is simply piled and

buried without sorting or treatment.

A substance that can be turned made

into a new object once it is finished
being used.

An item that is made to be used

multiple times.

An item that has purpose more than

once.

An item that is intended to be used

once then thrown away.

Mushrooms and molds. They are types

of decomposers.

To turn something old into something

new instead of sending it to a landfill.

A place to dispose of waste by burying

and covering it over with soil.

An odorless, colorless, flammable gas

produced by decomposing materials in
landfills.

Something that inflicts reduced,

minimal or no harm at all upon the
ecosystem.

To make smaller or lessen in amount

and size.

Trash that is left in an open or public

place.

Consumption

Fossil Fuels

Leachate

Water Conservation

Organic Waste

Conservation

Renewable Resource

Groundwater

Non-renewable Resource

Sustainability

Renewable Energy

Emissions

Fuels made up of ancient fossils that

have been heated up and transformed
into coal, oil, and gas that can be used
in our cars.

Using up a resource.

Using less water by reducing waste.

The liquid created from garbage

breaking down in landfills.

. The act of preserving something.

Biodegradable waste from plants or

animals

Water held underground in the soil.

Any natural occurring resource that can

be replenished naturally with the
passage of time.

To be able to be maintained at a certain

rate.

A resource that does not renew itself in

a reasonable rate of time.

Pollutants that vehicles emit into the

air.

Energy that comes from sources that

are freely available, are replenished
naturally, or can be replenished about
as fast as they are used.