Ecosystem Sustainability

Sustainability is making sure that the planet and its resources can continue to provide life.

• True

• False

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Which of these problems could happen if we don't look after the resources we have?

• Loss of animal homes

• Climate change

• Increase in pollution

• All of the above

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NGSS.HS-ESS3-1

Your Ecological or Carbon Footprint is the ratio of 

• the amount of resources you use to the amount of resources available
• how many people there are on earth to how much space we have on earth
• people to cars
• robots available to robots needed

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NGSS.HS-ESS2-6

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Which of these things are you most likely to NOT find in a sustainable home?

• LED Lightbulbs
• Low-Flow Toilets & Showers
• A wood burning stove
• A Hummer (SUV) in the garage

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NGSS.HS-ETS1-3

Which is NOT a way to decrease your ecological footprint?

• Eating less meat and processed foods
• Walking or biking to school
• Turning off electricity and water when you're not using it. 
• Driving a large car around for fun.

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What are our basic needs?

• clothing, water, air
• food, air, clothing
• food, water, shelter
• Music, money, interpetative dance

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NGSS.HS-ESS2-5

What is NOT a sustainable practice?

• recycling
• reducing
• reusing
• buying 

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NGSS.HS-LS2-7

What has happened to resource consumption in the last several hundred years?

• it has remained at the same level
• it has decreased dramatically
• it has decreased only slightly
• it has increased dramatically

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NGSS.HS-ESS3-1

A set of moral principles or values held by a person or a society is called

• ethics
• culture
• justice
• biocentrism

Which of the following gives value to all living things, both human and nonhuman?

• biocentrism
• environmentalism
• anthropocentrism
• ecocentrism

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