What is sustainability? MYP 4

What does sustainable mean?

• Sustainability means that you can't sustain hearing the same song over and over again.

• Sustainability is something that can be done over and over again for ever.

• Sustainability is a person of royalty.

• Sustainability is wasting all of the worlds resources.

What are examples of energy that are renewable (we will not run out of)?

• Electric energy

• Energy from coal and oil

• Energy from water, solar/sun and wind

• Energy from sugar

Who is responsible for creating the Sustainable Development goals?

• Mrs. Lira came up with this plan!

• The Prime Minister of The Netherlands

• Captain Planet and the Planeteers

• The United Nations

Why do you think that learning about sustainability is important? Explain your reason below!

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

• True

• False

Replenish means...

• Make beautiful again

• Make more again

• Make rich again

A resource that can replenish itself is...

• Renewable

• Non-renewable

A resource that cannot replenish itself is...

• Renewable

• Non-renewable

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

• Renewable resources

• Non-renewable resources

Solar, wind and water energy are all...

• Non-sustainable resources

• Sustainable resources