Sustainability Basics
The term used for reusing old items.
What is recycling?
Is natural gas a fossil fuel?
Yes
Name a way 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?
No
What is turning off the tap when brushing your teeth?
Name a form of energy that comes from the sun.
What is solar energy?
Name a common biodegradable item.
What is a paper bag?
Name a term that describes animal species at risk of extinction.
What is endangered?
Name the symbol that is used for recycling.
What is the recycling arrow?
Name something that you can use instead of a plastic grocery bag.
What is a cloth bag?
Name 3 fossil fuels.
What are coal, oil, and natural gas?
Name the term for animal waste used as a fertilizer.
What is manure?
Name what it is called when you plant a tree for every one that is cut down.
What is reforestation?
Name the term 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 a term that refers to energy from underground heat.
What is geothermal energy?
Name the term that refers to a variety of plant and animal life in a habitat.
What is biodiversity?
Name the word that describes energy moving from water.
What is hydropower?
Name what compost is made of.
What is organic waste?
Name 3 renewable energy sources.
What are solar, wind, and hydropower?
Name what solar panels are used for.
What is generating electricity?
Name the gas that trees help produce.
What is carbon dioxide?
Name the term that describes the increase in Earth's average temperature.
What is global warming?