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Sustainability Vocabulary
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Designing objects in the built environment so that they are sustainable.
Sustainability
Sustainable design
Design
Economy
2
A dunghill or refuse heap is a ____.
landfill
midden
dump
rain forest
3
An apparatus for burning waste material at high temperatures causing ashes.
Stove
Incinerator
Oven
Kiln
4
Converts waste into reusable material.
Reuse
Recycling
Waste Disposal
None are correct
5
The way in which a person or group lives is called ____.
luxury
middle class
poverty
lifestyle
6
The surroundings or conditions in which a person, animal or plant lives or operates is its ___.
Home
Environment
Abode
Lifestyle
7
Sustainability is a global issue.
True
False
8
Proper disposition of a discarded or discharged material.
Waste Disposal
Environment
Ecological Footprint
Incinerator
9
The branch of biology that deals with the relations of organisms to one another/surroundings.
Economy
Chemistry
Ecology
Biology
10
Sustainability means that the economy, resources, and society continue into the future.
False
True
11
We humans have become a threat to our own survival.
True
False
12
All the inhabitants of a particular town, area or country.
Environment
Ecology
Citizens
Population
13
Change in the properties of the climate system over decades.
Seasons
Climate Change
Temperature
Weather
14
The wealth and resources of a country or region is its ____.
Biology
Zoology
Ecology
Economy
15
All plastics are recyclable.
True
False
16
The fact of being required or indispensable.
Luxury
Want
Necessity
None are correct
17
Demand for air, water and food increases as our population increases.
False
True
18
The state of great comfort and extravagant living.
Being Poor
Being Frugal
Middle Class
Luxury
19
An equitable spatial distribution of burdens and benefits to all groups is _____.
Necessity
Sustainability
Sustainable Design
Environmental justice
20
Substances such as minerals, forests, water, and fertile land that occur in nature are ____.
swamp
landfill
rain forest
natural resources
21
Resource efficiency can be achieved by:
Reducing
Recycling
Reusing
All are correct
22
A measure of human demands on earth's ecosystems.
Nature
Necessity
Environment
Ecological Footprint