Sustainability

Which of these is NOT an environmental issue?

• Pollution
• Oil Spills
• Space Exploration
• Over Population

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

Sustainable means

• using a lot of energy
• being able to last for a long time by creating as much as you use
• Being able to cause a stain

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NGSS.MS-LS2-5

NGSS.MS-ETS1-1

Your Ecological or Carbon Footprint is the ratio of 

• the amount of resources you use to the amount of resources available
• how many people there are on earth to how much space we have on earth
• people to cars
• robots available to robots needed

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

Which of these things are you most likely to NOT find in a sustainable home?

• LED Lightbulbs
• Low-Flow Toilets & Showers
• A wood burning stove
• A Hummer (SUV) in the garage

You can live somewhat sustainably anywhere you are.

• True
• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

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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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

What are our basic needs?

• clothing, water, air
• food, air, clothing
• food, water, shelter
• Music, money, interpetative dance

What is NOT a sustainable practice?

• recycling
• reducing
• reusing
• buying 

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

• True
• False

The three areas of sustainability are

• Physical, Economical, Political

• Environmental, Social, Physical

• Economical, Environmental, Social

• Physical, Political, Social

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NGSS.MS-LS2-5