Worksheet - A Sustainable City
Complete this worksheet by using this website, other Internet sources, an encyclopedia, CD ROMs and
textbooks.
Website:
http://web.dsbn.edu.on.ca/~credit.recovery/CGC1P/CGC1PPU02/CGC1PPU02A02/content.html
1. Review vocabulary words:
Resources: anything a country or person has that can help it prosper
Human Resources: the knowledge and special skills that people possess
Natural Resources: naturally occurring resources that people depend on for survival, e.g., water, food,
trees, minerals, etc.
Renewable Resources: A resource that potentially cannot be used up because it is constantly
replenished or replaced. Either it comes from a limitless source (such as solar energy or water), or
natural or human-devised regrowth processes can renew it, as long as it is not used up faster than it is
renewed.
Sustainable: refers to a renewable resource that is used at a slower rate than the resource can replace
itself.
Non-Renewable Resource: natural resources that can be used up either completely or else to such a
degree that it becomes worthless (e.g., coal, crude oil, metal ores)
Ecological Footprint: a measure of total human impact on an ecosystem, determined by calculating
how much land is needed to support a person's lifestyle.
2. Communities in Canada need to become more sustainable. Identify the best ways for communities to
use:
i) water
ii) air
iii)energy
iv) wastes
3. Read about the "Sustainable City". Use the Internet, CD-ROM, encyclopedia and the highlighted
links in the "Sustainable City" text to research the following information and complete the chart
below.
Sustainable
Solutions
solar panels
greenery as an air
purifier
wind farms
wave generators
electric powered
vehicles
recycling plants
sewage treatment
smokestack
scrubbers
What are they?
Where would you
find them in your
community?
Benefits of their
use in your
community
Possible problems
in using these
methods in your
community