The Life cycle of a T-Shirt

Where in the world is cotton commonly grown?

• India
• China
• America
• All the above

To produce the average t-shirt takes:

• 225 kg cotton
• Large amounts of pesticides
• 2700 litres of water
• Both B and C

Of the 22.7 million metric tons of cotton produced, ____ is grown organically.

• Less than 1%
• Approximately 10 %
• None
• All of it

The snowy ropes of cotton produced to create fabric are called:

• yarns
• slivers
• bales
• Knits

After t-shirts are made and shipped to high income countries, often the ____ footprint of the item increases drastically.

• Carbon
• Cadmium
• Cotton
• Lead

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CCSS.RF.3.3B

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