Sustainability Quiz

What phrase best summarizes the definition of sustainability?

• Use it or lose it

• Enough, for all, forever

• Save for a rainy day

• Live for today

What is a sustainable action that you could take in your everyday life?

• Driving a personal car

• Using public transportation, bicycle, or walking

• Buying new items with lots of packaging.

• Using a new plastic, single-use disposable water bottle everyday

What is another way to think about Sustainability?

• The process of maintaining resources so they are not depleted or permanently damaged.

• The ability to read minds

• The process of using up all natural resources before the end of your lifetime.

Sustainability

• The process of maintaining resources so they are not depleted or permanently damaged.

• The ability to read minds

• The ability to save resources for years and years

Earth is considered a closed system in terms of matter because....

• resources are able to BOTH enter and leave the Earth.

• resources are able to enter, but not leave the Earth.

• resources are able to leave, but not enter the Earth.

• resources are not entering or leaving the Earth.