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Solid Waste Word Match!
The following terms are used at The Imagination Factory to discuss solid waste. Draw a line from the word on the left to match its correct definition on the right.
| trash | A natural gas that is breathed by animals and humans | |
| garbage | Final placement or destruction of waste materials | |
| landfill | Dry, useless material that is thrown away | |
| waste | Water vapor | |
| plastic | Food waste | |
| groundwater | Gound material that includes vegetation, soils, sand, grass, gravel, and oyster shells | |
| soil | Process of making the air, soil or water unclean | |
| decompose | A place in or on land where waste is deposited | |
| pollute | Fresh or saline water found beneath the Earth's surface | |
| oxygen | To rot or decay | |
| moisture | A man-made material composed of polymers | |
| environment | Unwanted materials that have been used by the consumer | |
| disposal | Unwanted materials left over from manufacturing or use by humans or animals | |
| contaminate | To use less of something in order to save natural resources | |
| reduce | Water, air, and land and their interrelationship with all living things | |
| reuse | All land, air, water, wildlife, and similar resources | |
| recycle | The power to do work | |
| energy | To pollute or make something impure | |
| natural resources | To make new products from old ones in order to save natural resources | |
| preconsumer waste | To use something again in order to save natural resources | |
| postconsumer waste | Unwanted materials left over from manufacturing |
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