Sustainability Basics
The term that is used for reusing old items.
What is recycling?
Is natural gas a fossil fuel?
What is yes?
Name a way that we can use rain to help save water.
What is a rain barrel?
Name a term that refers to the natural home of an animal.
What is a habitat?
Is solar energy a fossil fuel?
What is no?
Name a way to save water indoors.
What is turning off the tap when brushing your teeth?
Name a type of energy that comes from the sun.
What is solar energy?
Name a common biodegradable item.
What is a paper bag?
Name a word that describes animal species at risk of extinction.
What is endangered?
Name the symbol used for recycling.
What is the recycling arrow?
Name an item that can be used instead of a plastic grocery bag.
What is a cloth bag?
Name 3 fossil fuels.
What are oil, coal, and natural gas?
Name the term for animal waste that is used as fertilizer.
What is manure?
The term used when a tree is planted for every one that is cut down.
What is reforestation?
Name the term used for items that break down naturally.
What is biodegradable?
Name a common energy-saving household lighting item.
What is an LED bulb?
Name whether coal is a renewable or non-renewable resource.
What is non-renewable?
Name the term that refers to energy from underground heat.
What is geothermal energy?
The term used to describe a variety of plant and animal life in a habitat.
What is biodiversity?
Name the terms that means energy from moving water.
What is hydropower?
Name what compost is made out of.
What is organic waste?
Name 3 renewable energy sources.
What are solar, wind, and hydropower?
Name the purpose of solar panels.
What is generating electricity?
Name the gas that trees help reduce.
What is carbon dioxide?
Name the term that means increase in Earth's average temperature.
What is global warming?