Sustainability

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

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

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

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.

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 

What has happened to resource consumption in the last several hundred years?

• it has remained at the same level
• it has decreased dramatically
• it has decreased only slightly
• it has increased dramatically

All proposed policies require a(n)

• green guarantee (GG)
• sustainability program (SP)
• environmental impact statement (EIP)
• sponsorship from the Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ)

The variety of life in the world, a habitat, or an ecosystem

• biodiversity
• ecosystem
• mutations
• diversity