Environmental Sustainability

Which one of the following lowers your carbon footprint?

• Driving your car to work after 9am

• Keeping to the speed limit whilst driving your car.

• Turning your car engine off at traffic lights

• Riding a bike to work instead of driving

Which of the following is not a renewable energy source?

• wind

• wave

• coal

• solar

Which of the following is not an efficient use of energy?

• turning the television off completely

• using low energy light bulbs

• boiling a full kettle of water for one cup of tea

• turning the lights off as you leave a room

Which of the following kinds of transport is the most unfriendly to the environment?

• motorbike

• car with more than one person

• bus

• plane

What is 'food miles' a description of?

• the length of a field that cops are grown in

• the distance travelled by food from grower to the supermarket

• a way of measuring the popularity of certain foods

• the amount of energy gained by the eating of certain foods

Large companies trading in many countries leads to similar products being available all over the world. This is called:

• Free range

• Fair Trade

• Globalisation

• Widely available

Only one of the following is environmentally friendly. Which one?

• sorting items into separate recycling bins

• making sure as much waste as possible goes into landfill

• buying a lot of cheap clothes as regularly as possible

• pouring all waste household chemicals down the sink

Which of the following is a way to save water?

• using a water meter

• fixing a dripping tap

• washing your car with cold water rather than hot water

• taking long baths rather than quick showers

Which of the following is not a benefit of global sustainability?

• we will have access to more goods from abroad

• resources will be managed so that we can live now and protect the future for our children and grandchildren

• everyone would have access to sufficient food

• the rainforests would be protected from further destruction

Which of the following contributes to climate change?

• water pollution

• flooding

• fossil fuels

• excessive amounts of food