Sustainability

Land Use

100

Land used for growing food

Agriculture

200

Land where people live

Residential

300

Land used for community

Institutional

400

Parks, Gymnasiums, and Community Centers are examples of what kind of land use?

Recreational

500

Factories, warehouses, and laboratories are examples of what kind of land use?

Industrial

Rising Water

100

The top 4 countries at risk for the most cost-related damages due to rising sea levels

USA, China, Japan, and India

200

What kind of ice is melting?

Polar ice caps, glaciers

300

What is causing a change in the temperature?

Global Climate Change

400

What are the two factors scientists believe are causing sea levels to rise

Melting Ice Caps

Overall warmer temperature of sea water

500

Which country is the leader in CO2 emissions?

China

Push and Pull

100

What is a push factor?

A negative factor that pushes people from rural to urban communities

200

What is a pull factor?

A positive factor that pulls people towards the urban areas from rural areas

300

Limited or no healthcare is an example of?

Push Factor

400

Better Sanitation is an example of?

Pull Factor

500

This is the expansion of cities due to migration making automobiles necessary for transportation

Urban Sprawl

Human Settlement

100

What is low density development?

Horizontal development with mostly single family housing

200

What is high density development?

Vertical development of buildings such as apartments, condos, and high rise buildings.

300

Give me an example of environmental impact of human settlement:

Water Pollution

Soil Contamination
Air Pollution
Garbage Dumps
Deforestation
Loss of habitat
Loss of Agriculture
Disruption of Migratory Routes
Desertification
Light Pollution

400

When expanding commercial and residential land use, we have to consider disrupting the natural habitat of what?

Wildlife

500

What was the owl Mr. N talked about from the book called Hoot?

The Burrowing Owl

Sustainable Settlements

100

These are the basic needs of humans:

Food, shelter, and water

200

What is Sustainability?

Meeting our present needs without compromising our future needs

300

What is an alternative to using a car?

Electric car, bike, bus, walking

400

How does eating vegetarian contribute to sustainability?

Animal Agriculture takes a lot of water and emits a lot of CO2

500

We need to consider certain criteria when it comes to sustainable settlements, what is one of them?

Reducing Water Use
Recycling
Composting
Limiting the construction of housing on land that could be used for agriculture
Using public transit
Planting and Maintaining Trees