Title: Differentiate between needs and wants.
Course: Sustainability and Renewable Technologies (21053) > Section: Examining Social Sustainability

Differentiation should define

- needs—goods and services that a human being must have in order to survive
- wants—goods and services that, while perhaps desirable, are not necessary to survival.

Process/Skill Questions:

- What are human needs at the most basic level?
- What are examples of human wants?
- How does an individual’s ability to differentiate between needs and wants benefit society?
- How does one distinguish between a want and a need?
- Do needs and wants change according to where you live?
- How can one person’s want be another person’s need?