BIOL101
Name __________________
Ecological Footprint
(Up to 5 points extra credit) Go to http://myfootprint.org. After you have completed the 27
question quiz, print out and attach your results.
Before you begin, I want you to be aware of some of the questions that you must answer. You
might want to research the information before starting the quiz. These include: Annual household
income; size of your home; energy sources in your home; what percentage of the electricity used
is generated from renewable sources; number of miles you travel per year via different forms of
transportation; energy saving features used; have you purchased offsets for carbon emissions;
how many standard size garbage bins does your household fill each week. If you don’t know an
answer and can’t find out, as a last resort, you can use the default answers. These are the
averages for our state and country.
Your attached results should include the Quiz Results, My Footprint in Global Acres by
Consumption Category, and My Footprint Share by Biome, and the answers to the following
questions.
1.
If everyone on the planet lived my lifestyle, we would need _____ Earths.
2.
Explain what this means ecologically.
Look at your graph for My Footprint in Global Acres by Consumption Category.
3.
Explain what Global Acres are.
4.
Are your footprints higher than the Country Average in any category/categories? Which?
5.
Are your footprints lower than the Country Average in any category/categories? Which?
6.
Explain what your results mean.
Look at your graph for My Footprint Share by Biome.
7.
Explain what your results mean.
8.
Click on the Reduce My Footprint button on the Results page. From the list of ways in
which you can reduce your footprint, choose one or more changes that you are willing to
make (and will stick with). Write or summarize those changes you are committing to
here.
9.
Required for full credit: Write a paragraph or two including your reactions, comments,
thoughts about this quiz.