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WorksheetsGlobal Scholars Sustainable System Unit 3
Total questions: 23
Worksheet time: 12mins
Which is not a common public transportation?
Bus
Bike
Horse
Train
Electricity system helps people access energy. Which is not an electricity system?
Electric grid
Wind Turbine
Coal power plant
WIFI
A food delivery system helps people access food. Which is not a food delivery system?
Farm
stores
bookshop
restaurant
A waste management system helps people dispose of waste. Which is not a waste management system?
Garbage and recycle collection
Landfills
Composting program
Kayaking
A water system helps people access water to drink, bathe, prepare food, and clean. Which is not a water system?
Pipes
Water treatment plants
Fire fighters
water delivery truck
An internet system helps people get information and communicate. Which is not an internet system?
internet Cables
Public WIFI
internet café
swimming
Some people in Green City live by streets with a lot of traffic. The traffic creates air pollution and many people experience health issues like asthma. Do you:
Build bike lane in neighborhood with lots of traffic.
Make people build houses outside the city.
Add more subway stations and bus routes.
Make people buy very old cars
Green City consumes electricity from power plants that use fossil fuels. These power plants increase air pollution and create greenhouse gases that contribute to climate change. They also cause people in Green City to have health issues. Do you:
Improve buildings to use less electricity
Give money to people with solar panels
Make people do more barbecues
Campaign for public use of light bulbs that use less electricity
People, grocery stores, and restaurants in Green City waste a lot of food. Food that goes to landfills releases greenhouse gases that contribute to climate change. Also, some people in Green City do not have reliable access to healthy food. Do you:
Create compost program
Create food banks and ask stores to give away food they do not sell before it spoils
Advise people to buy imperfect food.
Stop eating at restaurants
Green City sends a lot of waste to its local landfills. Landfills create pollution and greenhouse gases that contribute to climate change. People who live near these landfills have more health issues, like cancer and breathing problems. Do you:
Send green city waste to landfill that is far away
Organize cheap monthly markets for people to buy and sell used goods cheaply.
Provide recycling collections at homes and businesses
Let people burn trash
When it rains a lot in your city, some neighborhoods flood. People who live in those neighborhoods pay a lot of money to repair their homes and replace damaged belongings. Do you:
Build more homes on the hills where people live
Build rain gardens in the neighborhood that flood
Give money to people to build green roof to collect rain water
Build a swimming pool.
Which part of the service system is this?
People use or collect natural resources to make a good or provide a service
Make
Source
Sell
Consume
Which part of the service system is this?
People use natural resources to prepare a product for consumption or make a new product
Make
Source
Sell
Consume
Which part of the service system is this?
People usually pay money to access goods and services.
Make
Source
Sell
Consume
Which part of the service system is this?
People use the goods or services.
Make
Source
Sell
Consume
Which part of the service system is this?
People move natural resources and products between parts of the system.
Make
Distribute
Dispose of waste
Consume
Which part of the service system is this?
People dispose waste after consuming goods or services.
Make
Distribute
Dispose of waste
Consume
Choose a good location for your store.
On the bridge
A shopping mall with many transport choices.
A neighborhood 10 mins to a bus stop
A neighborhood 3 mins to a bus stop
You have a location for your store. Now you will prepare to open. You need shelves, baskets, bins, and decorations for your store. Do you:
Buy expensive items made in your city
By cheap items made far away
Make the items from locally available materials
Buy low cost items that other people no longer need.
It is time to choose the products you will sell in your store. Do you:
Buy low cost items that are made in a factory
Buy expensive items made by hands from recycled materials
Buy expensive materials that are certified sustainable
Buy low cost items from amazon
You want the products you will sell to arrive at your store before it opens. Do you:
Schedule a car or truck delivery 1 week before the store opens.
Choose express delivery service to get your products tomorrow.
Order items from a local store and make a few trips by cargo bike to get them.
Buy from Amazon
You must decide how customers will carry their purchases home. You do not want to give them single-use plastic bags because they are unsustainable and can contribute to pollution. Do you:
Ask your customers to use their own bag
Provide paper bags to your shoppers for free
Sell reusable bags made from recycled plastic for your customers to use.
provide plastic bags for free
There is a lot of leftover packaging from the items you bought. Do you:
Throw it all in the garbage
Put it in the recycling bin
put it in the compost bin
Throw them out the window
