Unit 5Family and Consumer

Science Investigation

Home Environment

Single Family Home› are free standing, they don’t share walls

with another unit, may be one story or many, and offer housing to a single family.

Apartments--this term covers any structure that has rental units for more than 2 families

Condominium--individually owned units in a multiple-family dwelling. The owner pays a fee to cover maintaining hallways, landscaping, and other common areas.

Conservation– protecting the environment and natural resources against waste and harm

Environment– a person’s surroudings and everything in them, including both human and nonhuman factors

Energy Efficient– using less energy

Intruder– someone who uses force to get into someone else’s home

Manufactured Home– a transportable structure, constructed in a factory, designed to be used as a single family dwelling

Multiple--family dwelling- a building that contains several units designed to house more than one family

Multi-tasking—fitting tasks together to make the best use of time; doing two tasks at the same time

Nonrenewable resources– natural resources that can’t replace themselves, and therefore are in limited supply

Recycle– to reprocess resources to be used again

Renewable resources– natural resources that can renew or replace themselves over time

Sanitary– being free from germs; being clean and healthy

5.2 List housing options.

Single family home Multiply family housing Multiplex Town House Apartment Condominium Manufactured/ Mobile home

Housing Options

Single Family Home› are free standing, they don’t share walls

with another unit, may be one story or many, and offer housing to a single family.

Housing Options

Multiple-family Housing› Duplex--one building that contains two

separate units.

Housing Options

Multiplex--is similar to a duplex, but three or more units share one building

Housing Options

Townhouse--homes built in rows and attached to one another at the side walls

Housing Options

Apartments--this term covers any structure that has rental units for more than 2 families

Housing Options

Condominium--individually owned units in a multiple-family dwelling. The owner pays a fee to cover maintaining hallways, landscaping, and other common areas.

Housing Options

Mobile Home (manufactured housing)--are movable dwellings. Mobile homes are built and assembled at a factory and moved to its location.