Sustainability and Sustainable Resources

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

• True

• False

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Out of the 4 choices, which would be the LEAST sustainable:

• Everyone driving their own car

• Walking

• Taking a bus

• carpooling with a friend

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Energy from the sun is ___________________.

• hydroelectric energy

• geothermal energy

• solar energy

• wind energy

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Anything from nature that living things use is called a ______________.

• energy

• pollution

• food

• natural resource

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Sustainability is defined as…

• Consuming at a rate to satisfy the current generation.

• Rapidly increasing resource consumption over time.

• Maintaining a rate of resource consumption that will allow the population to survive indefinitely.

• Not consuming any resources at all.

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What is an example of a renewable resource?

• fish and trees

• oil

• coal

• fossil fuel

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Click on all the following sources of energy that are renewable.

• Wind

• Hydroelectricity

• Coal

• Solar power

• Gasoline

How much of the world's energy comes from renewable resources?

• a. Less than half

• b. More than half

• c. All

• d. None

Which of the following is NOT a renewable energy source?

• a. Gasoline

• b. Hydroelectric

• c. Geothermal energy

• d. Solar energy

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

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