Week02 Quiz

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Week 02 // Quiz

Sustainability awareness

Sustainable development has three parts. Which option describes them?

1. Waste, air quality and biodiversity.
2. Social equality, human rights and health.
3. Wealth, economic growth and poverty.
4. Social, environment and economy.

Which gas causes global warming?

1. Carbon dioxide
2. Chlorine
3. Nitrogen dioxide
4. Sulphur dioxide

What is the best option for dealing with waste?

1. Recycle it
2. Reduce the amount of waste produced
3. Incinerate it and generate electricity
4. Re-use the waste

Which option best describes social sustainability?

1. Meeting people's needs.
2. Providing clean drinking water.
3. Making sure people have jobs.
4. Giving people good healthcare.

Electric cars are environmentally-friendly. Why were they not sustainable?

1. They were not economically sustainable.
2. They did not meet people's needs.
3. They did not perform as well as petrol cars.
4. All of the above options.

Which option does economic sustainability meet?

1. Helps to make products cheaper.
2. Company profits go to shareholders.
3. Creates wealth to improve living standards.
4. Recycles materials to save on costs.

____________, Reuse. Recycle.
(what is missing here?)

1. Reproduce
2. Reduce
3. Replicate
4. all three

Which of the following is the greenest source of energy?

1. The Energizer Bunny
2. Electricity from coal burning
3. Electricity from nuclear plants
4. Electricity from photovoltaic (PV) cells

Do items such as cell phone chargers, fans, coffeemakers, desktop printers, radios, etc. consume energy even when they are turned off?

1. Yes
2. No

definition of sustainability: Meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs

1. True
2. False