Earth Day Vocabulary in Contextual Stories

A special story using 24 thematic vocabulary words for EARTH DAY. You have permission to make a hard copy for further vocabulary study.

The following words (listed alphabetically) appear somewhere in the story below :
Earth Day Story: Our science teacher had an INSPIRATION for our ECOLOGY class! We would visit the BOTANICAL gardens. As we examined the FERTILE TERRAIN where flowers FLOURISHED in ABUNDANCE, the class was not APATHETIC at all about ways to REVITALIZE the SUSTAINABLE and RENEWABLE VEGETATION. We were fortunate in these ENVIRONS that no diseases ENDEMIC to some species would ERODE the productivity of the buds. We were certain that problematic OZONE levels would neither DEPLETE, DEFOLIATE nor POLLUTE the areas of the FLORA or FAUNA! We planned to ensure positive SYMBIOSIS in this special place that would never ENDANGER the EVOLUTION of even the most exotic varieties of plants.

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