WorksheetsEnvironmental Sustainability
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 30mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What does sustainability mean?
a)
Avoiding the depletion of natural resources in order to maintain ecological balance.
b)
using only fossil fuels
c)
using only non-renewable resources
2.
What is NOT a sustainable practice?
a)
recycling
b)
reducing
c)
reusing
d)
buying
3.
Which of the following sources of energy is non-renewable?
a)
sun
b)
wind
c)
water
d)
fuel
4.
Which of the following increases demand that pushes the environment to its limit?
a)
use of fossil fuels
b)
pollution
c)
population growth
d)
tecnology
5.
A sustainable city is
a)
a city that use clean energy
b)
a city tha reduce the pollution that they generate
c)
a city that recycle, reuse and reduce
d)
all are correct
6.
Water resources are uniformly (equally) distributed around the world.
a)
True
b)
False
7.
What is one of the areas of the ocean called where marine debris (garbage) has combined due to ocean currents?
a)
The Great Pacific Dump Truck
b)
The Great Pacific Garbage Patch
c)
#Smelly
d)
The Great Pacific Pristine Pool
8.
Organic waste, like fruits and vegetables, is considered
a)
biodegradable
b)
nonbiodegradable
9.
Most energy used by humans comes from:
a)
the sun
b)
the moon
c)
the earth
d)
water
10.
Energy from the sun is known as.........
a)
hydroelectric energy
b)
geothermal energy
c)
solar energy
d)
wind energy
11.
Oil, natural gas, and coal are called ________resources because they are not easy to replace.
a)
disappearing resource
b)
conservation
c)
natural resources
d)
nonrenewable
12.
Why are not American's roofs crammed with more solar panels?
a)
They are ugly.
b)
They are uninformed.
c)
Expensive start-up cost
d)
People enjoy paying bills.
13.
How do most humans deal with environmental problems?
a)
They pretend they don't exist
b)
They do everything in their power to fix them
14.
Using resources in such a way that we continue living in a developed world, but at the same time we protect the environment. This is the definition of:
a)
Suspensability
b)
Ecology
c)
Sustainability
d)
Ecological precautions
15.
The advantage of solar energy includes the fact that it is
a)
Nonrenewable
b)
Nonpolluting
c)
Expensive
d)
Absent at Night
16.
Renewable resources __________.
a)
can be replenished over months, year, or decades
b)
are all living resources
c)
have finite supplies that will one day be used up
d)
include iron, gas, and copper
17.
The transfer of land into an urban area.
a)
deforestation
b)
nonpoint source pollution
c)
alternative energy source
d)
urbanization
18.
Water pollution that does not have a specific point of origin.
a)
point source pollution
b)
runoff
c)
natural resources
d)
nonpoint source pollution
19.
The cutting down of a forest to use the lumber for human use.
a)
nonpoint source pollution
b)
point source pollution
c)
natural resources
d)
deforestation
20.
Water pollution that comes from a known and specific location.
a)
nonpoint source pollution
b)
runoff
c)
point source pollution
d)
alternative energy source
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