Ecological footprint & solutions

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Sustainability is making sure that the planet and its resources can continue to provide life.

• True

• False

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Which of these problems could happen if we don't look after the resources we have?

• Loss of animal homes

• Climate change

• Increase in pollution

• All of the above

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Which is NOT a way to decrease your ecological footprint?

• Eating less meat and processed foods
• Walking or biking to school
• Turning off electricity and water when you're not using it. 
• Driving a large car around for fun.

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An ecological footprint estimates the land used for

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What is NOT a sustainable practice?

• recycling
• reducing
• reusing
• buying 

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The “Three Rs” are “Reduce, Reuse, Renewables”

• True
• False

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As our ecological footprints grow, we deplete and

more of the earth’s natural capital.

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The variety of life in the world, a habitat, or an ecosystem

• biodiversity
• ecosystem
• mutations
• diversity

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What is the definition of Ecological Footprint?

• The impact of a person on their neighbors 

• The impact of a person on the environment 

• The impact of the oceans towards erosion 

• How much pollution an animal produces 

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Our effect on the environment - a combination of what we consume, and the waste we produce.

• Ecological Fingerprint
• Ecological Footprint
• Ecological Image
• Ecological History

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Our effect on the environment - a combination of what we consume, and the waste we produce.

• Ecological Fingerprint

• Ecological Footprint

• Ecological Image

• Ecological History

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An accurate definition of Sustainability is

• meeting population needs

• meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to survive

• meeting the needs of the future without worrying about todays

• meeting the food needs of animals

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Which of the following will have the longest term impact on organisms in an ecosystem?

• flooding

• oil spill

• blizzard

• global warming

Multiple Choice

Where does most of our energy come from in Hong Kong

• Coal

• Renewable Energy

• Gas

• Nuclear

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Which of the following are consequences associated with climate change?

• The ice sheets are declining, glaciers are in retreat globally, and our oceans are more acidic than ever

• Surface temperatures are setting new heat records about each year

• More extreme weather like droughts, heat waves, and hurricanes

• Global sea levels are rising at an alarmingly fast rate — 17 centimeters in the last century alone and going higher.

• All of the above

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Which one of the following are Greenhouse Gases

• Carbon dioxide

• Oxygen

• Hydrogen

• Helium

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Which of the following is true about the average US ecological footprint?

• The average US ecological footprint is the same as Earth can provide

• The average US ecological footprint is less than Earth can provide

• The average US ecological footprint is more than Earth can provide

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Which of the following are examples of renewable energy

• Solar Power

• Nuclear Power

• Hydroelectric Power

• Natural Gas

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The study of how humans interact with the environment

• environmental science

• biology

• ecology

• physics

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By 2050 what percentage of people will live in Urban areas?

• 90-100

• 80-90

• 70-80

• 60-70

Multiple Choice

In the "Lorax", what is the commons?

• The Lorax

• The Onceler

• The Truffula trees

• The Barbaloots

Multiple Select

Which of the following are causing serious damage to our planet?

• Deforestation

• Globalisation

• Unsustainable fishing

• Farming

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What does ecological footprint measure?

• How much quantity of natural resources humans need as compared to the earth's capacity to provide those resources

• The size of cities across the world

• The amount of fossil fuels that are burned for energy

• The shoe size of the average human

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Which is NOT a way to decrease your ecological footprint?

• Eating less meat and processed foods

• Walking or biking to school

• Turning off electricity and water when you're not using it. 

• Driving a large car around for fun.

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What kinds of resources make up your ecological footprint?

• waste production

• water and energy use

• food, shelter

  clothing and transportation

• All of the above

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Purchasing fewer clothes could reduce your carbon footprint by:

• Saving you money which would make you more financially secure

• Leading to less land being cleared to grow fibre crops such as cotton

• Reducing the fuel required to transport clothes from overseas

• Setting a good example for your friends so that you can show them how good a person you are

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It takes _____ to our planet to regenerate what we use in a year.

• 1 year

• 1/2 year

• 1.5 year

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We take the energy from the...

• natural resources

• animals

• ground

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Biocapacity is...

• the area where we can recover resources

• the area available to provide resources

• the area where we leave the trash

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In Canada, people consume _____ hectares per person every year.

• around 7

• around 6

• around 17

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Canada is _____ country.

• an ecological

• an almost extinct

• a polluting

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The biocapacity in USA is about...

• 7.1

• 4

• 3

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The Republic of Congo is a place with the _____ ecological footprint.

• higher

• normal

• less

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Since the ecological footprint is huge, it would be better...

• to create our own resources

• to live in a natural reserve

• both of them

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The biocapacity in the world is...

• increasing

• mantaining

• decreasing

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Only 17% of the world population consumes the _____ of the world resources.

• 80%

• 20%

• 100%