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Generations
Natural Resources
Sustainability
Newark Sustainability Action Plan
Ecological Footprints
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• What is the name of the generation you are in?
o Generation Z
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• What is an example of a natural resource?
o Wood, sunlight, metals, etc.
100
• Why should we care about the lives of future generations?
o Because they are our family.
100
o Who is responsible for keeping Newark sustainable?
EVERYONE! The City of Newark should lead/organize the movement.
100
o What is an ecological footprint?
The NEGATIVE impact of a person/community on the earth
200
• What is a generation?
o A group of people born in the same time period
200
• What is the difference between renewable and nonrenewable resources?
o Renewable resources can be replaced faster than they can be used up. Nonrenewable resources cannot be replaced faster than they are used up.
200
• What is sustainability?
o Using ALL resources in a way to make sure future generations get to use them as well.
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o When was the Newark Sustainability Action Plan published?
2013
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o What units are ecological footprints measured in?
Number of earths needed for everyone to live a certain lifestyle
300
• What are the two shapes used to represent a boy and a girl on a pedigree chart?
o Boys are circles. Girls are squares.
300
• What are 3 examples of nonrenewable resources?
o Coal, oil. Natural gas, sand, copper, soil, etc.
300
• What did the toilet paper in our class demo represent? Why?
o Toilet paper = nonrenewable resources because it was not being replaced faster than it was being used.
300
o What were two of the Newark Sustainability Action Plan’s committees’ names?
Air Quality, Greenhouse Gases, Stormwater Management and Community Greening, Recycling and Materials Management, Healthy Food Access, Energy
300
o What is the best type of ecological footprint to have? What is the worst?
Best = no footprint. Worst = large footprint.
400
• How do you draw the relationship between two parents and a child on a pedigree chart?
o A circle connected to a square. A line then goes between the connections to the child.
400
• What are 3 examples of renewable resources?
o Sunlight, vegetables, paper, wood, fur, meat, water, etc.
400
• If Jacob never gives back his borrowed pencils to Ms. Byrns, is he making sustainable choices? Why or why not?
o No, he is not making sustainable choices because future students will not have the same resources (pencils) he had.
400
o What was one of the action items completed by the City of Newark?
DIFFERENT ANSWERS
400
o If a person produces a lot of waste, does that person have a large or small ecological footprint?
Lots of waste = Large footprint
500
• In Kylie Jenner’s family, she has 3 sisters and a brother. She also has a mom and a dad, and one set of grandparents. Who is in the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd generations?
o The 1st generation is the grandparents. The 2nd generation is her mom and dad. The 3rd generation is Kylie, her sisters, and her brother.
500
• Should people rely more on renewable or nonrenewable resources? Why?
o Renewable, because they can be replaced more quickly so we will not run out.
500
• For society to live in a more sustainable way, what type of resource should it use more of? What type of resource should it use less of?
o More renewable resources, less nonrenewable resources
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o Do you believe Newark is making changes to become more sustainable? Support your answer with 3 specific pieces of evidence collected during our presentations and from your research.
DIFFERENT ANSWERS
500
o What are 3 lifestyle choices that could produce a large ecological footprint?
Becoming a vegetarian, walking/taking public transportation, recycling, using less energy, etc.