Environmental Issues

The process in which material goods are made and distributed starts with...

• Mills

• Deforestation and Mining

• Consumption of material goods

• Production of material goods

Through the life cycle of material goods, the production stages consists of...

• Using energy in mills to create product to sell

• Deforestation

• Distribution

• Throwing waste into landfills which accumulates trash

At the end of the life of material goods (when we are done with the things we buy) what do we do with them?

• Disposal

• Consumption

• Deforestation

• Production

What is a specific environmental issues discussed in the video on "The Story of Stuff"?

• Extinction

• Pollution

• Frogs

• Invasive Species

What is one reason we use energy in mills to mix toxic chemicals in our products?

• To make things fireproof

• To help extinct animals

• To lower the rate of deforestation

• To create the best product

What is a glacier?

• Snow that has thickened to ice of many years

• Mountains

• Small ice bergs that Polar Bears are getting stranded on

What is the largest environmental issue with glaciers?

• They are becoming too large

• They are melting

• They are causing too cold of temperatures

Why do glaciers look so much different now compared to the early 1900's?

• The temperatures are warming

• They look the same

• They are accumulating snow to create larger glaciers

When glaciers melt, what happens to the sea levels?

• Sea levels rise

• Sea levels stay the same

• Sea levels are lower

What happens to areas of the ground when sea levels elevation causes flooding?

• Erosion

• Deforestation

• Fragmentation

• Less snow fall