Movie: Suzuki Speaks
answers
Answer the following short answer questions on this sheet of paper.
1. What is the sole animal that has been capable so far in changing the components of the Earth? Humans
2. What is the most populous animal on Earth? How many of this animal are they? Humans, 6 billion
3. Why can this animal change the Earth, name the 4 factors that David Suzuki speaks of. Number, technology, consumerism
4. What type of habitat do humans live in? Human made
5. Where do all of our belongings come from? The Earth
6. What paradigm shift did David Suzuki speak of having? (How did his view of life change?) His shift of viewing life from Air, Water, Fire and Earth
7. Our bodies are made from ______% water? 61%+
8. What percentage of the Earth does water cover? 71%
9. Whatever we do to our water, we also do to Ourselves.
10. The scientific term for dirt is S O I L.
11. Explain the statement “We are the Earth”. There are3 steps:
- We eat the food that comes from the EARTH
- We chew the food and BREAK it down
- We digest the food and we become the FOOD
12. Plants convert energy from the SUN
13. Photosynthesis is ENERGYcaptured by plants.
14. 4 billion years ago we could not exist, why not? No oxygen!
15. What have we (humans) lost contact with? The fact that we are biological creatures like all other animals.
Long answers, on a separate piece of paper, please write a paragraph or more about each of the following questions.
16. What are your thoughts on the economy, do we need steady growth in the economy or is the earth and environment more important?
17. What do you think about these famous people giving their time and energy for the Earth, people and charity, do you do anything to help humanity?
18. What is life not about?
19. David Suzuki thinks we have poverty of Spirit, Community and Family. What do you think about this?