Earth Day

2. To make something smaller in size, amount, or extent. For Earth Day, it often means using less of Earth's resources to minimize waste.
5. To collect materials like paper, glass, and plastic so they can be processed and used again to make new products instead of being thrown away.
6. The surroundings in which people, animals, and plants live, including air, water, land, and everything around us.
7. Meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. It involves using resources in a way that doesn't harm the environment or deplete them for the future.
8. The careful use and protection of Earth's natural resources, such as water, plants, animals, and minerals, to prevent them from being wasted or destroyed.
10. Decayed organic material, such as food scraps and yard waste, that can be added to soil to improve its fertility and help plants grow.

1. Resources that can be replaced naturally or through human effort within a relatively short period, such as solar energy, wind energy, and water.
3. The introduction of harmful substances into the environment, such as chemicals, trash, or gases, that can damage ecosystems and harm living organisms.
4. A community of living organisms (plants, animals, and microorganisms) and their physical environment (such as soil, water, and air), interacting as a system.
9. To use something again instead of throwing it away. This could involve finding new ways to use old items or donating them to others who can use them.