Footprint Quiz

This quick quiz will test to see if you can determine what choices will help you reduce the size of your ecological footprint. The quiz has six events and two choices a person can make in everyday life. Pick the choice that will use fewer resources and make a SMALLER ecological footprint.

Before you take this quiz you might want to check out the size of your own footprint. Go to this website and answer the questions to see your ecologocial footprint.

http://www.zerofootprintkids.com/kids_home.aspx.

1. Going to School
   
   
   1. Riding the school bus
      
   2. Riding in a car
      
2. Doing Homework
   
   
   1. Right when you get home
      
   2. Just before you go to bed
      
3. Drinking Water
   
   
   1. Bottled water
      
   2. Filtered water from a pitcher
      
4. Eating Dinner
   
   
   1. Chicken, green beans, and yogurt
      
   2. Grilled Cheese, carrots, graham crackers
      
5. Buying an Apple
   
   
   1. Driving to the grocery store
      
   2. Driving to the apple farm
      
6. Washing the Car
   
   
   1. Going to the Car Wash
      
   2. Washing it at home
      

The answers - a,a,b,b,b,a

1. When you use public transportation (the school bus) the amount of energy used to transport you is shared with everyone riding with you. The more people that take the bus the less cars it takes to get you and all your friends to school.
   
2. If you do your homework when you get home you can use the natural light from the sun. If you wait until night time you will need to use a light and energy to see your homework.
   
3. The plastic bottle requires lots of energy and resources to make. The bottle water must also be transported around by a semi or deliver truck to the place you purchased it from. The pitcher that filters water can be reused several time produces far less waste.
   
4. Raising meat requires lots of resources, ecologists say that one of the biggest ways you can reduce your footprint is to eat meat less. That saddens me, I love cheeseburgers.
   
5. Like the plastic bottle, the apples at the grocery store require shipping. A big truck has to deliver the apple to the store. The apple at the store takes more resources to get it in your hands.
   
6. The Car Wash is better for the environment. Car washes use less water to clean your ride and the water has to go to the sewer to be treated. The water that you use at home goes into the storm drains and right into your local streams, rivers, and lakes.