Sustainability Lifestyle Quiz
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This quiz is a check-in on some of the sustainability suggestions Mr. Kennard and Mrs. Lotton-Barker made at the beginning of the year. These things are recommendations for ways we can live to keep the planet healthier longer.
- 1.Do you get a ride in a car to school?
- A.
Yes
- B.
No
- 2.What is the gas mileage of your family's most fuel-efficient car?
- A.
I don't know
- B.
Less than 10
- C.
10-17
- D.
18-25
- E.
26 or greater
- 3.Do you ever carpool?
- A.
Yes
- B.
No
- 4.Do you ever take the bus?
- A.
Yes
- B.
No
- C.
I don't like talking to the bus driver.
- D.
I'm afraid I might see someone I know.
- 5.How many hours a day is your computer on?
- A.
Zero
- B.
1-4
- C.
5-9
- D.
10-13
- E.
14-24
- 6.How many hours a day is your TV (or your family's) on?
- A.
None - We don't have one
- B.
1-4
- C.
5-9
- D.
10-14
- E.
15-24
- 7.Do you turn your lights off when you leave the room?
- A.
Yes
- B.
No
- 8.How many loads of laundry do you do each week?
- A.
0-1
- B.
2
- C.
3
- D.
4 or more
- E.
My mom does my laundry.
- 9.Which cycle uses the least amount of energy?
- A.
Permanent Press
- B.
Delicates
- C.
Bright Colors
- D.
Whites and Colors
- 10.Which takes more energy, a five minute shower of 12 hours of computer use?
- A.
Shower
- B.
Computer
- 11.Do you recycle at home?
- A.
Always, even if it's out of my way
- B.
Usually, if it's convenient
- C.
Not usually
- D.
Never
- 12.Do you need to rinse recyclables before they go in the bin, or is that a myth?
- A.
Totally true!
- B.
It's a myth!
- 13.Can you recycle plastic bags in your recycling bin at home?
- A.
Yes
- B.
No
- 14.How much trash does your family create in one week?
- A.
Less than one can full
- B.
One or two cans full
- C.
More than two cans full
- 15.How long are your daily showers? (If you take two showers per day, add the times. If you shower every other day, divide the number in half.)
- A.
Less than 5 minutes
- B.
5-10 minutes
- C.
10-15 minutes
- D.
More than 15 minutes
- 16.Do you leave the water running while brushing your teeth or washing your face?
- A.
Yes
- B.
No
- 17.How much water does it take to make one pound of beef?
- A.
100 gallons
- B.
500 gallons
- C.
1000 gallons
- D.
More than 1000 gallons.
- 18.Are you a...
- A.
Meat-eater
- B.
Vegetarian
- C.
Vegan
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