unit 5 family and consumer science investigation home environment
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Unit 5 Family 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. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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.
