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Sustainable Development

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

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Class
Date
1.

Which one of the following describes sustainable development?

a)

To make the world a better place now so that everyone can have a place to live, food to eat, and enough money left over to enjoy themselves.

b)

To make the world a better place now and for future generations.

2.

What do humans do that directly causes climate change?

a)

Fill landfills so full of waste and plastic.

b)

Put toxic waste in our waters.

c)

Spill oil in our oceans.

d)

Burn fossil fuels for energy and transportation.

3.

How can we slow and eventually stop the effects of climate change?

a)

Stop littering!

b)

Clean all the plastic out of the ocean!

c)

Switch from fossil fuels to renewable energies!

4.

Which of the following is NOT a renewable energy?

a)

Firewood Heat Energy

b)

Nuclear Energy

c)

Solar Energy

d)

Wind Energy

e)

Tidal or Ocean Wave Energy

5.

Melting polar ice and melting icebergs are NOT causing sea levels to rise.

a)

True

b)

False

6.

Water is used for all of the following EXCEPT…

a)

Vaccine Ingredient

b)

Cleaning

c)

Electricity

d)

Farming

e)

Industrial

7.

Where does most of our drinking water come from?

a)

Groundwater or Aquifers

b)

Rivers

c)

Lakes and Ponds

d)

Reservoirs

8.

Plastic never degrades so it stays in the environment and in our waters forever as microplastics!

a)

True

b)

False

9.

What percentage of people on Earth do Scientists project will live in cities by the year 2030?

a)

60%

b)

30%

c)

90%

10.

Non-Renewable resources are those resources which:

a)

are exhausted after use

b)

are not exhausted after use

c)

have unlimited supply

d)

none of these