Carbon Footprint

Carbon Footprint & Sustainable Solutions

Open Ended

List the various ways (at least 3) that you depend on energy in a typical day.

Multiple Choice

If the average person uses 1000 kW per month, how much does an American use?

• 400 kW

• 1000 kW

• 1400 kW

• 4000kW

Open Ended

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejI4yia-YOY

Where does energy come from?

Multiple Select

Where does most of the US's energy come from? (Mark the top 2)

• Petroleum

• Coal

• Water

• Nuclear Energy

Multiple Choice

What is the connection between carbon dioxide and climate change (used to be called global warming)?

• Less carbon dioxide made, higher the global temperature gets

• More carbon dioxide made, higher the global temperature gets

Multiple Choice

What human activity produces the most greenhouse gases?

• Farming

• Transportation

• Electricity

• Industry

Multiple Choice

Where does most of Kentucky's energy come from now?

• Natural Gas

• Coal

• Water

• Nuclear Energy

What is a carbon footprint?

Carbon Footprint-

A carbon footprint is the total greenhouse gas emissions caused by an individual, event, organization, service, or product, expressed as carbon dioxide equivalent

Open Ended

What are some things in your life or things you do that add to your carbon footprint? (List at least 3)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8q7_aV8eLUE

Open Ended

What is one way that you can reduce your carbon footprint?

Multiple Choice

Do products like ground beef have a carbon footprint?

• Yes

• No

Open Ended

What is one way that products like ground beef have a carbon footprint?