Sustainability Quiz

Which of the following is sustainable?

• Using a reusable water bottle

• Recycling clean, uncontaminated plastic

• composting in your backyard

• all of the above

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Which of the following is an example of recycling?

• Reusing a plastic water bottle

• Throwing plastic waste in the regular trash bin

• Burning plastic waste

• Using single-use plastic bags

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How many committees are there in Islander Green Team?

• 3

• 3 1/2

• 4

• 5

Which is a reason why composting is sustainable?

• It promotes the growth of native species

• it provides crucial nutrients to the soil for plants to grow

• it rids of waste made by the trash that would be put into a landfill

• it makes the trash less stinky

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Which was NOT DIRECTLY listed as a concern of sustainability in the coastal bend?

• Ecotourism

• Bays and Estuaries

• Urbanization

• Biodiversity

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Desalination puts a large amount of ___ back into the water.

• salt

• sand and minerals from the water

• freshwater

• undrinkable water

Which is true of aquaponics?

• The fish benefit more than the plants

• The plants benefit more than the fish

• It is a circulatory system

• Over time the water will become dirty

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Aquaponics is a form of ...

• aquaculture

• composting

• urban design

• energy source

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What are the three Rs?

• Reuse reduce recycle

• Resume reduce recycle

• Reuse resume recycle

• Reuse replenish recycle

The landfill is the ___ point in corpus.

• Lowest

• Dirtiest

• Highest

• Most polluted