Vocabulary
Fill in the blanks
Leading a Change
TRUE / FALSE
Definitions
100
Solar energy
100
Name the most common way of getting from place to place.
What is a car?
100
Who the best person to protect the environment is
What is you?
100
Name the three r's...
What are reduce, reuse and recycle?
100
"The natural world around us"
Environment
200
List 3 examples of a want that would conflict with sustainable development
What are comfort, entertainment, and luxury?
200
Give an example of mass transit
What are buses and subways?
200
People who run industries change the way they do things by doing these things...
What is using resources properly, not wasting, and not polluting?
200
Mention two ways we waste energy at home
What are setting the thermostat too high, and the air conditioner too low, leaving the lights on, running water and leaving the windows open while air-con is on?
200
"Power from wind, sun, or water"
Alternative energy
300
Name an example of sustainable development.
What is solar energy or wind power?
300
The cheapest method of getting rid of unwanted material is...
What is the burying or dumping in large storage places?
300
The best agricultural land is used for...
What is growing crops such as cotton, tea, tobacco, sugar and cocoa?
300
Composting this turns soil valuable and prevents larger land fill
What is organic waste?
300
"Able to be maintained over time"
Sustainable
400
Give two examples of reasons why people have not taken better care of their natural resources.
What are people who want the jobs that come from harvesting resources, people lack knowledge about how to protect their resources, the supple of natural resources has seemed endless, the costs to protect resources were considered to be too high, people just do not value natural resources or see that they are important, people rely on new technologies to solve and problems that are created?
400
Name a reason why population densities are low
What is the loss of farming due to city growth of farming in rural areas?
400
Give two ways that farmers earn more money
What are community co-operatives and fair trade?
400
Mention the best environmental practice according to the textbook (hint hint it's on a graph, but no peeking :D)
What is regularly lowering the temperature in your home?
400
"Not harmful to the planet"
Environmentally friendly
500
Name 3 of the consequences of not protecting the environment.
What is renewable resources will not have time to replenish themselves, non-renewable resources will be gone, flow resouces will be of poor quality, we will not be able to meet our needs and wants, quality of life will become poorer, people will not live as long or as well, people will face famine and water shortages, human suffering?
500
Give one other unique energy source. (not commonly used)
What is the hydrogen fuel cell?
500
By buying products labelled as fair trade, you are doing this.
What is helping farmers in poor countries overcome poverty and to farm in a sustainable manner?
500
People who live in apartments can compost by using these...
What are red wriggler worms?
500
"Measurement of the impact of your activities on the planet"
Carbon footprint