Sustainable Development

Which one of the following describes sustainable development?

• To make the world a better place now so that everyone can have a place to live, food to eat, and enough money left over to enjoy themselves.

• To make the world a better place now and for future generations.

What do humans do that directly causes climate change?

• Fill landfills so full of waste and plastic.

• Put toxic waste in our waters.

• Spill oil in our oceans.

• Burn fossil fuels for energy and transportation.

How can we slow and eventually stop the effects of climate change?

• Stop littering!

• Clean all the plastic out of the ocean!

• Switch from fossil fuels to renewable energies!

Which of the following is NOT a renewable energy?

• Firewood Heat Energy

• Nuclear Energy

• Solar Energy

• Wind Energy

• Tidal or Ocean Wave Energy

Melting polar ice and melting icebergs are NOT causing sea levels to rise.

• True

• False

Water is used for all of the following EXCEPT…

• Vaccine Ingredient

• Cleaning

• Electricity

• Farming

• Industrial

Where does most of our drinking water come from?

• Groundwater or Aquifers

• Rivers

• Lakes and Ponds

• Reservoirs

Plastic never degrades so it stays in the environment and in our waters forever as microplastics!

• True

• False

What percentage of people on Earth do Scientists project will live in cities by the year 2030?

• 60%

• 30%

• 90%

Non-Renewable resources are those resources which:

• are exhausted after use

• are not exhausted after use

• have unlimited supply

• none of these