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Sustainability Quiz

Total questions: 60

Worksheet time: 45mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of these is NOT a sustainable building material

a)

Wood

b)

Concrete

c)

Cork

d)

Recycled Nappies

2.

Where should you place your bedrooms?

a)

North

b)

South

c)

East

d)

West

3.

Which of these is an insulator?

a)

Trees

b)

Light colours

c)

Curtains

4.

(a)   trees should be placed in the North

5.

Switching your font from 'Arial' to 'Century Gothic' saves what percentage of ink when printing?

a)

15%

b)

3%

c)

60%

d)

30%

6.

Recycling one 330ml aluminium can save enough energy to power a TV for how long?

a)

3 hours

b)

20 minutes

c)

1 hour

d)

5 minutes

7.

Which contains more gold: a tonne of gold ore or a tonne of old mobile phones?

a)

Gold Ore

b)

Mobile Phones

8.

You should have most of your windows on the (a)   side of your house

9.

Which of these should go in the North?

a)

Bathrooms

b)

Living Areas

c)

Bedrooms

d)

Evergreen trees

10.

A modern glass bottle takes how long to break down?

a)

4 years

b)

20 years

c)

400 years

d)

4000 years

11.

Which region is the first to be carbon negative (consuming more carbon than it produces)?

a)

Tasmania, Australia

b)

California, USA

c)

Bordeaux, France

d)

Wales, United Kingdom

12.

What percentage of a mobile is recyclable?

a)

10%

b)

90%

c)

1%

d)

75%

13.

What percentage of Australian landfill is packaging?

a)

12%

b)

30%

c)

10%

d)

60%

14.

(North = alfresco side) In this house plan, what could be improved to ensure it follows MORE passive solar design principles?

a)

More southern windows

b)

Evergreen trees in the north

c)

Alfresco in the south

d)

Bedrooms positioned further south

15.

America has more OR less trees now than it did a decade ago

a)

MORE

b)

LESS

16.

Which of these produces more emissions?

a)

Oil extraction

b)

Flying

c)

Food waste

d)

Plastic production

17.

Cardboard can be recycled up to how many times?

a)

1

b)

10

c)

22

d)

8

18.

Australians recycle what percentage of paper?

a)

87%

b)

63%

c)

44%

d)

31%

19.
About how many people does the world currently have?
a)
3 Million
b)
8 Billion
c)
4 Trillion
d)
12 Billion
20.
Sustainable means
a)
using a lot of energy
b)
being able to last for a long time by creating as much as you use
c)
Being able to cause a stain
21.

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

a)

True

b)

False

22.

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

23.
The “Three Rs” are “Reduce, Reuse, Renewables”
a)
True
b)
False
24.

A resource that can replenish itself is...

a)

Renewable

b)

Non-renewable

25.

A resource that cannot replenish itself is...

a)

Renewable

b)

Non-renewable

26.

Solar, wind and water energy are all...

a)

Non-sustainable resources

b)

Sustainable resources

27.

Which is the most ecofriendly country on the planet?

a)

Australia

b)

Denmark

c)

Switzerland

d)

Russia

28.

How long does styrofoam take to decompose?

a)

1000 years

b)

1 million years

c)

500 years

d)

100,000 years

29.

How many times can you recycle aluminium?

a)

Once

b)

5 times

c)

50 times

d)

Unlimited times

30.

Households consume what percentage of global energy?

a)

11%

b)

54%

c)

29%

d)

6%

31.

Objects with white colours

a)

reflect more heat

b)

absorb more heat

c)

emit more heat

d)

look nicer

32.

Black objects

a)

absorb more heat

b)

absorb less heat

c)

emit less heat

33.

Which of these is NOT passive solar design?

a)

Eaves

b)

Northern windows

c)

Evergreen trees in the north

d)

Bedrooms in the south

34.

Which planet in our solar system has 53 moons?

a)

Jupiter

b)

Earth

c)

Saturn

d)

Uranus

35.

How many hearts does an octopus have?

a)

4

b)

3

c)

2

d)

1

36.

What was the first type of animal to be cloned?

a)

Dog

b)

Dung beetle

c)

Chicken

d)

Sheep

37.

How many trees are there in the world?

a)

3.04 trillion

b)

2.3 trillion

c)

957 billion

d)

421 million

38.

How many trees are cut down per day?

a)

158 000

b)

158 million

c)

42 000

d)

42 million

39.

In 2015, renewable energy made up what percentage of total energy consumption?

a)

7%

b)

34%

c)

17.5%

d)

63%

40.

How many litres of water does it take to produce 1 burger patty?

a)

520

b)

340

c)

1,600

d)

2,400

41.

What percentage of Australian homes have solar panels?

a)

15%

b)

30%

c)

5%

d)

45%

42.

Which country is the top polluter?

a)

India

b)

Russia

c)

China

d)

Japan

43.

Which country has the best recycling rate?

a)

South Korea

b)

Tunisia

c)

Wales

d)

Germany

44.

Recycling one tonne of paper saves how many trees?

a)

1

b)

5

c)

17

d)

29

45.

Adopting a vegetarian diet can reduce agricultural emissions by

a)

96%

b)

63%

c)

81%

d)

37%

46.

Where was Hawaiian pizza created?

a)

Hawaii

b)

Canada

c)

Mexico

d)

Greece

47.

How long can a cockroach live without its head?

a)

1 week

b)

1 month

c)

1 day

d)

1 hour

48.

Who has more bones?

a)

A baby

b)

An adult

49.

What percentage of the Earth's oxygen does the Amazon rainforest produce?

a)

40%

b)

10%

c)

20%

d)

30%

50.

True or false: stomach acid can dissolve stainless steel

a)

True

b)

False

51.

True or false: Scientists are testing the use of human urine as a less pollutive crop fertiliser

a)

True

b)

False

52.

The fashion industry produces 4% of the world's greenhouse gas emissions

a)

True

b)

False

53.

A washing machine uses 50% of it's energy to warm the water

a)

True

b)

False

54.

What percentage of plastic ends up in landfill

a)

47%

b)

75%

c)

84%

d)

23%

55.

What is the biggest factor that stops people from being sustainable?

a)

Too expensive

b)

Lack of information

c)

Lack of interest

56.

Which country has the most amount of wind turbines?

a)

Turkey

b)

Nigeria

c)

China

d)

Australia

57.

What percentage of world greenhouse gas emissions is from making cement?

a)

1%

b)

4%

c)

8%

d)

12%

58.

What species, previously thought to be extinct, has been spotted in the wild this year?

a)

Spix Macaw

b)

Tasmanian Devil

c)

Dodo

d)

Kiwi

59.

How many globally banned pesticides does Australia use?

a)

10

b)

200

c)

80

d)

50

60.

Which country has the highest rate of greenhouse gas production per person of any affluent country?

a)

USA

b)

Australia

c)

UK

d)

France

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