Which word means, "To cause harm to something or someone"?
Damage
What is another synonym for "problem" or "concern"?
Issue
This word is the opposite of causing something to happen!
Prevent
If you keep someone safe, you are __________ them.
Protecting
Which word means "to cause harm to something or someone"?
Damage
This is something you can do with plastic, paper, and metal.
Recycle
Trees, water, and the sun are examples of natural __________.
Resources
The place that something comes from is called its _______.
Source
When you finish your meal or recycle bottles, you are preventing ________.
Waste
A persuasive essay presents an argument. The author's purpose is to persuade (convince) readers to _________ with them.
Agree
Can the efforts of one person help protect our planet?
The answer is Yes!
An author of a persuasive essay uses _________ to persuade (convince) the reader to agree with them.
Evidence!
Also OK: arguments, facts, statistics, quotes from experts, personal remarks, or words that appeal to emotions.
Plants and animals (including humans) need ________ and _______ to survive!
Food and water
Erosion occurs when wind and water wear away the soil. "Wear away" most closely means which vocabulary word?
Damage
"Deforestation" means removing large numbers of trees from a forest. What is one issue or problem caused by this?
Plants and animals losing their habitat.
We may be losing unknown species.
Plants and animals are lost to deforestation.
The Earth will get too hot.
The "greenhouse effect" is when there is too much carbon-dioxide (CO2) in the air. What is the main cause of this?
Deforestation / fewer trees.
Another answer: burning fossil fuels.
