Sustainability Year 8

Sustainability is making sure that the planet and its resources can continue to provide life.

• True

• False

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

Replenish means...

• Make beautiful again

• Make more again

• Make rich again

Gas, oil and diesel are all examples of...

• Renewable resources

• Non-renewable resources

Fossil fuels are classified as nonrenewable because they.......

• require expensive equipment
• take millions of years to replace
• can be found all over 
• provide all the energy we use

Alternative energy is

• Generated by natural resources and is renewable
• man made
• nonrenewable
• not helpful to us in Texas

What does renewable mean?

• to protect from loss

• able to be replaced

• to put money or resources toward something

• to move forward

• to increase to the greatest possible amount

An accurate definition of Sustainability is

• meeting population needs

• meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to survive

• meeting the needs of the future without worrying about todays

• meeting the food needs of animals

What are our basic needs?

• clothing, water, air

• food, air, clothing

• food, water, shelter

• Music, money, food

What is the least sustainable practice?

• recycling

• reducing

• reusing

• consuming