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Sustainability

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What year will we reach 10 billion in population

a)

2045

b)

2055

c)

2025

d)

2050

2.

What is the world population currently?

a)

6 billion

b)

over 7 billion

c)

8 billion

d)

9 billion

3.

What will we need more of in order to feed 2 billion additional people? (Check all that apply)

a)

water

b)

medicine

c)

jobs

d)

food

e)

pets

4.

Where does everything we use come from?

a)

Agriculture

b)

The ground

c)

Natural Resources

d)

Both A and C

5.

How much more food will we need?

a)

60-70%

b)

50-60%

c)

100%

d)

20-30%

6.

In the next 50 years, will we be increasing or decreasing pressure on earths resources?

a)

Increasing

b)

Decreasing

c)

Neither

d)

Both

7.

T/F

It is estimated that by 2050, our growing population will require the equivalent of all the food grown in the last 500 years put together.

a)

True

b)

False

8.

Are economic factors included in the sustainability barrel?

a)

Yes

b)

No

c)

Sometimes

9.

Are people factors included in the sustainability barrel?

a)

Yes

b)

No

c)

Sometimes

10.

Are environmental factors included in the sustainability barrel?

a)

Yes

b)

No

c)

Sometimes

11.

What is included in economic factors? (Choose all that apply.)

a)

Education

b)

Profits

c)

Food

d)

Greenhouse Gasses

12.

Does every action have a ripple effect?

a)

Yes

b)

No

c)

Sometimes

13.

What are the 3 primary nutrients necessary for healthy plant growth?

a)

N,S,Ti

b)

N, P, K

c)

Al, K, N

d)

K, H, P

14.

Where do plant nutrients come from? (Best choice)

a)

The sky

b)

Human created

c)

Water

d)

Nature

15.

What can make a plant sick? (Check all that apply)

a)

Insects

b)

Nutrient Deficiencies

c)

Diseases

d)

Chance

16.

Optimal plant health can result in pest resistance.

a)

True

b)

False

17.

What % of the earth is ideal for crops?

a)

5%

b)

10%

c)

3%

d)

20%

18.

With best management practices, innovation and technology we can use nearly ______ of the total land to grow food or provide grazing for livestock.

a)

20%

b)

15%

c)

35%

d)

40%

19.

What are some ways to conserve water? (select all that apply)

a)

Drip Irrigation

b)

Strip - Tilling

c)

Conservation tillage

d)

Riparian areas

20.

What percent of water is available for use? (Most correct)

a)

less than .7%

b)

.5%

c)

Less than .3%

d)

2%

21.

What is the foundation of the economy?

a)

greed

b)

Spending money

c)

jobs

d)

Earning money and creating jobs

22.

In reference to the economy, a place where goods or services are bought and sold

a)

Market

b)

wallet

c)

Store

d)

economy

23.

What if…

Milk was no longer served in school cafeterias?

a)

Supply would go up, demand would go up, price would go down.

b)

Supply would go down, demand would go up, price would go down.

c)

Supply would go up, demand would go down, price would go up.

d)

Supply would go up, demand would go down, price would go down.

24.

When harvests and markets are strong, farmers earn more money. When earnings ________, the farmer can invest in making improvements on the farm and provide a positive ripple effect throughout their community and the world.

a)

Increase

b)

Decrease

c)

Stay the same

25.

How many people in America work in ag?

a)

1 in 20

b)

1 in 11

c)

1 in 75

d)

1 in 5

26.

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

a)

True

b)

False

27.

Which of these problems could happen if we don't look after the resources we have?

a)

Loss of animal homes

b)

Climate change

c)

Increase in pollution

d)

All of the above

28.
Your Ecological or Carbon Footprint is the ratio of 
a)
the amount of resources you use to the amount of resources available
b)
how many people there are on earth to how much space we have on earth
c)
people to cars
d)
robots available to robots needed
29.
Which of the following is a fossil fuel?
a)
Wind
b)
Coal
c)
Solar
d)
Biomass
30.
 Energy from the sun is known as......... 
a)
hydroelectric energy
b)
geothermal energy
c)
solar energy
d)
wind energy
31.
Fossil fuels are classified as nonrenewable because they.......
a)
require expensive equipment
b)
take millions of years to replace
c)
can be found all over 
d)
provide all the energy we use
32.
Alternative energy is
a)
Generated by natural resources and is renewable
b)
man made
c)
nonrenewable
d)
not helpful to us in Texas
33.

What are examples of non-renewable resources?

a)

Oil, coal and solar energy.

b)

Gas, coal and water.

c)

Oil, gas and wind.

d)

Oil, gas and coal.

34.
Air pollution is _________________________
a)
the addition of any substance that has harmful or toxic effects to air
b)
the addition of any good substance that benefits air
c)
a chemical reaction
35.
What type of pollution is the result of a chemical reaction?
a)
Primary pollutant
b)
Secondary Pollutant
c)
Smog
d)
Water pollution
36.

Groundwater is stored in underwater reservoirs called...

a)

Gaseous Water

b)

Water CAves

c)

Aquifers

d)

Groundwater

37.

The Biotic factors of an ecosystem include _____.

a)

Plants and animals that are reproducing

b)

Things that are living, moving and growing

c)

Microorganisms

d)

All of the above

38.

Which of the following natural resources are nonrenewable?

a)

Water

b)

Natural gas

c)

Animals

d)

wind

39.

Which of the following is a Renewable Natural Resource?

a)

Crops

b)

Gasoline

c)

Nuclear

d)

Electricity

40.

A _______ is a long, ribbon like waterway that flows toward the ocean

a)

Ocean

b)

Lake

c)

River

d)

Bay