Sustainability Quiz

The Sustainability Quiz

See how much knowledge you have on sustainability! The more knowledge you have, the more you can do to lower your overall carbon footprint. Its only 8 questions long and covers a spectrum of different aspects of sustainability.

1 What is the broad, technical definition of sustainability?

1. Being cool, eating bread, and #savetheturtles

2. Lowering all carbon and greenhouse gasses emissions to zero

3. Creating a society that is not compromising to future generations with a balance between human and nature

4. Reusing all materials

2 what are the benefits of sustainability ?

1. There are no benefits.
   

2. It maintains the health of our environment currently and for the future
   

3. It ALWAYS makes businesses more eco-friendly
   

4. It gets rid of diseases humans face
   

5. Which of the following is a drawback to sustainability?
   

6. There are none
   

7. Not all companies follow it even though they claim to
   

8. There is no way to check if sustainability actually works
   

9. It does not take into account private businesses
   

4 How is sustainability different from inventions that are supposed to cut carbon from the atmosphere?

1. They are not different

2. Cutting carbon companies can actually put more carbon into the atmosphere than take

3. Sustainability is not good for long time usage, it will put society out of balance

4. Food.

5. Which of the following decomposes in less than 100 years in landfills?

   1. Cigarettes

   2. Plastic water bottles

   3. Nylon

   4. Painted board

6. Which is the most sustainable form of transportation (assume they are all full of passengers)?

   1. Electric car

   2. Light rail

   3. Planes

   4. Taxis and Ubers/Lyfts

7. Which of these can you actually compost safely?

   1. Latex balloons (fully latex)

   2. Cheese

   3. Glass

   4. Weeds

8. Which of the following is the most eco-friendly type of house to live in?

   1. Large mansion with garden

   2. High-rise apartment

   3. Cabins

   4. Condos

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