Sustainable Living Quiz

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Email

example@example.com

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Which country, region, or state are you joining us from?

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Key Vocabulary Terms

Review the key terms in order to assist with answering the quiz questions.

Sustainable Living: a lifestyle that attempts to reduce an individual’s or society’s use of the Earth’s natural resources

Zero Waste: a set of principles focused on waste prevention that encourages all products be reused; the goal is for no trash to be sent to landfills, incinerators, or the ocean

Conservation: Using resources in a wise, responsible manner; protection of natural resources

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Living in a sustainable and environmentally friendly manner is very hard to do.

YESNO

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No, there are easy ways to live sustainable and in an environmentally friendly way by making small changes to your everyday life!(Image credit: Loggerhead Marinelife Center)

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The term Zero Waste refers to what?

waste prevention

a set of principles that encourage the reuse of all products

the goal of having no trash

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The term Zero Waste refers to a set of principles focused on waste prevention that encourages the reuse of all products with a goal of having no trash!(Image credit: Loggerhead Marinelife Center)

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Which of the following items are considered single use?

Plastic straws

Refillable Water Bottle

Metal straws

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Single use items are disposable items that we throw away after one use, such as the plastic straw!(Image credit: Loggerhead Marinelife Center)

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How does debris, such as single use items, make its way to the ocean habitat?

Left by beach goers

Travels through storm drains

Blown by the wind

Thrown overboard by boaters

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Debris items, such as single use plastics, make their way to the ocean in a variety of ways! Including by being left by beach goers, traveling through storm drains, blown to the ocean by the wind, and being thrown overboard by boaters. (Image credit: Loggerhead Marinelife Center)

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If you are participating in the Zero Waste Challenge, which aspect of your life are you going to try and make Zero Waste?

At home

On the run

At school

Other

I am not participating

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