1.4 Sustainability (IB ESS)

1.4 Sustainability (IB ESS)

11th Grade

14 Qs

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1.4 Sustainability (IB ESS)

1.4 Sustainability (IB ESS)

Assessment

Quiz

Science

11th Grade

Medium

NGSS
HS-LS2-7, HS-ESS3-4, HS-ESS3-1

+5

Standards-aligned

Created by

Suzanna Brooks

Used 435+ times

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14 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Sustainability is the use and management of resources that allows for ___.

a full replacement of the resources exploited

a full recovery of the ecosystems affected by resource extraction and use

no changes in equilibrium

no disturbances to the system

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS3-4

NGSS.HS-ETS1-3

NGSS.HS-LS2-7

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

True or False: Measuring sustainability can be difficult because many groups don’t agree on a definition of sustainability.

true

false

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS3-4

NGSS.HS-ESS3-6

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Sustainability can be thought of as ___.

hugging all the trees you can

dedicating half of Earth to preservation

living within Earth and nature's means

embracing Thanos's version of environmentalism

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS3-4

NGSS.HS-LS2-7

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Indicators of sustainability are all of the following EXCEPT ___.

air quality

life expectancy

environmental vulnerability

gross domestic product

All of these are indicators of sustainability

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS3-3

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

When many individuals act in their own self-interest to harvest a resource but destroy the long-term future of that resource so there is none for anyone, this is considered ____. (choose the most specific answer)

unsustainable

a Tragedy of the Commons

chronic pollution

point source pollution

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following will result in the MOST damage (in terms of sustainability) to a public forest ecosystem that is open to logging?

Full, unlimited access

voluntary, self-regulation about the number of trees that are logged

fees charged based on the number of trees cut down for logging

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS2-7

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

State the term that matches this definition:


goods and services that the environment provides humans with in order to provide natural income

natural income

natural capital

sustainable capital

sustainable income

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS2-7

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