Sustainability Foundations

Water (in different states) that falls to earth's surface

• Evaporation
• Condensation
• Precipitation
• Transpiration

The Water Cycle is driven by energy from the _______ and the force of _________. 

• moon, physics
• earth's core, cycles
• sun, gravity
• llamas, llamas

Which of these is NOT an environmental issue?

• Pollution
• Oil Spills
• Space Exploration
• Over Population

About how many people does the world currently have?

• 3 Million
• 8 Billion
• 4 Trillion
• 12 Billion

Sustainable means

• using a lot of energy
• being able to last for a long time by creating as much as you use
• Being able to cause a stain

Suburbanization & Urban Sprawl are cities growing outwards towards rural areas.

• True
• False

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

Hydroelectricity is power through

• wind
• sun
• water

Geothermal Power is made from 

• pumping water into the earth to create steam that powers a turbine
• smashing rocks into little bits to make oil
• the sun
• burning leftover potatoes

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