FLASHCARD CLUB FINAL ROUND-Environmental Sustainability

Front

Which one of the following lowers your carbon footprint?
Options:
Driving your car to work after 9am
Keeping to the speed limit whilst driving your car.
Turning your car engine off at traffic lights
Riding a bike to work instead of driving

Back

Riding a bike to work instead of driving

Front

Which of the following is not a renewable energy source? wind, wave, coal, solar

Back

coal

Front

Which of the following is not an efficient use of energy?
turning the television off completely,
using low energy light bulbs,
boiling a full kettle of water for one cup of tea,
turning the lights off as you leave a room

Back

boiling a full kettle of water for one cup of tea

Front

Which of the following kinds of transport is the most unfriendly to the environment? motorbike, car with more than one person, bus, plane

Back

plane

Front

What is 'food miles' a description of?

Back

the distance travelled by food from grower to the supermarket

Front

Large companies trading in many countries leads to similar products being available all over the world. This is called:

Back

Globalisation

Front

Only one of the following is environmentally friendly. Which one? sorting items into separate recycling bins, making sure as much waste as possible goes into landfill, buying a lot of cheap clothes as regularly as possible, pouring all waste household chemicals down the sink

Back

sorting items into separate recycling bins

Front

Which of the following is a way to save water?
Options:
using a water meter,
fixing a dripping tap,
washing your car with cold water rather than hot water,
taking long baths rather than quick showers

Back

fixing a dripping tap

Front

Which of the following is not a benefit of global sustainability?
- we will have access to more goods from abroad
- resources will be managed so that we can live now and protect the future for our children and grandchildren
- everyone would have access to sufficient food
- the rainforests would be protected from further destruction

Back

we will have access to more goods from abroad

Front

Which of the following most contributes to climate change? water pollution, flooding, fossil fuels, excessive amounts of food

Back

fossil fuels