Earth Smart Vocabulary: Environment, Resources and Energy for Grade 2 

This Grade 2 worksheet on Vocabulary: Environment, Resources and Energy helps learners build strong subject-based word knowledge related to natural resources, energy sources, recycling, and eco-friendly habits. Developing vocabulary in this area supports both language growth and environmental awareness.
Through structured multiple-choice exercises, students identify natural resources (water, soil, air, wood), energy sources (solar, hydro, wind, coal, petrol), and eco-friendly actions (recycle, reduce, protect, conserve). Each activity strengthens word recognition, real-world understanding, and responsible thinking.

Why Environment, Resources and Energy Words Matter in Vocabulary? 

Understanding these word groups is important because: 
1. They help children describe the natural world clearly. 
2. They build awareness of renewable and non-renewable resources. 
3. They strengthen subject vocabulary connected to EVS and Science. 
4. They encourage responsible and eco-friendly habits. 

What’s Inside This Worksheet? 

This worksheet includes four structured vocabulary exercises:

🧠 Exercise 1 – Natural Resource Vocabulary 
Students identify words related to natural resources such as water, stone, wood, salt, coal, cotton, milk, iron, soil, and air.

✏️ Exercise 2 – Energy Source Vocabulary 
Learners recognise words related to energy including solar, wind, hydro, fire, petrol, engine, fan, coal, bulb, and power.

📋 Exercise 3 – Recycling and Environment Words 
Students identify words like recycle, reduce, reuse, waste, clean, protect, environment, green, and safe.

📝 Exercise 4 – Eco-Friendly Vocabulary 
Children choose words related to clean energy, conservation, sorting waste, protecting nature, and keeping the Earth safe.

✅ Answer Key (For Parents & Educators)

Exercise 1 – Natural Resource Vocabulary 
1. water 
2. stone 
3. wood 
4. salt 
5. coal 
6. cotton 
7. milk 
8. iron 
9. soil 
10. air 

Exercise 2 – Energy Source Vocabulary 
1. solar 
2. wind 
3. fire 
4. hydro 
5. petrol 
6. power 
7. bulb 
8. engine 
9. fan 
10. coal 

Exercise 3 – Recycling and Environment Words 
1. recycle 
2. reduce 
3. reuse 
4. waste 
5. clean 
6. protect 
7. environment 
8. green 
9. safe 
10. environment 

Exercise 4 – Eco-Friendly Vocabulary 
1. solar 
2. green 
3. safe 
4. conserve 
5. garden 
6. fresh 
7. pure 
8. protect 
9. reduce 
10. environment 
This worksheet strengthens environmental vocabulary and builds responsible language awareness in young learners.
Empower your child with meaningful vocabulary that connects learning to real-world environmental responsibility. 

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