Sustainability 1 - Introduction to Definition and Legislation

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is not a pillar of sustainability?

• environment
• economic
• education
• social

Open Ended

What is phosphorus important for?

Multiple Choice

What is the UK government's definition of sustainability?

• The long-term maintenance and enhancement of human well-being within finite planetary resources

• Meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs

• Sustainability is the ability to continue over a long period of time.

Open Ended

Name one non-renewable resource and the year it is projected to be depleted.

Reorder

Order these non-renewable resources by how quickly they will be depleted.

1 = soonest, 4 = latest

• Oil

• Gas and Coal

• Iron

• Phosphorus rock

1

2

3

4

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4

Multiple Choice

The environment agency (EA) focusses on waste management, ecology and conservation.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Which year was the Environment Act sworn in?

• 2019

• 2020

• 2021

• 2022

• 2023

Open Ended

Why is a sustainability policy important?