Ecological footprint

The ecological footprint is a way to measure...

• our human demand on nature

• our need of air

• our fooot size

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

The Ecological footprint is expressed as the amount of:

• Land and water our bodies need to survive

• food we have in our meals

• land and water required to produce what we consume

To improve our ecological footprint, we should:

• Buy organic

• Do some exercise

• Eat less

Which is NOT a way to decrease your ecological footprint?

• Eating less meat and processed foods

• Walking or biking to school

• Turning off electricity and water when you're not using it.

• Driving a large car around for fun.

Alyssa decides to eat the same kinds of foods as before, but to purchase as many of these foods as possible from local farms. Will her change in purchasing habits affect her ecological footprint?

• Yes, because the natural resources used for transporting food would be less, and this variable is included in the ecological footprint.

• Yes, because local farms likely take up more space and use more resources than farms elsewhere.

• No, because she is eating the same foods as before.

• No, because local farms likely take up the same amount of space as farms elsewhere.

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NGSS.MS-LS2-5

What does the ecological footprint mean by saying that your personal overshoot day is for example "January 25th"?

• On January 25th I should celebrate Earth's Day

• By January 25th, I already consumed all the natural resources that the Earth is able to give me in one year.

• On January 25th I should have started living sustainably

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

The clothes that you wear and and your fun activities add up to your ecological footprint

• Yes

• No

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4