Active Skills for Reading 2: 11-1 Engineering A Better Burger

People with more money usually eat less meat.

• True

• False

Most of Earth's usable land goes to livestock farming.

• True

• False

Some scientists are trying to make mushrooms taste like meat.

• True

• False

Lab-grown meat costs more than normal meat.

• True

• False

Lab-grown meat will be sold in supermarkets very soon.

• True

• False

Global demand for meat has risen by ________ in the last 50 years, partly because the population has grown, and also because people are generally getting richer.

• over 50 percent

• over 500 percent

• over 100 percent

• less than 70 percent

Global demand for meat has risen a lot in the last 50 years,

partly because the population has grown, and also because people are

generally getting _______.

• poorer

• richer

• more hungry

• more generous

Livestock farms already occupy _______ of all agricultural land, and rain forest are being destroyed to create even more land for this purpose.

• 30 percent

• 50 percent

• 70 percent

• 90 percent

Livestock farms already occupy 70 percent of all agricultural land, and _______ are being destroyed to create even more land for this purpose.

• rain forest

• oceans

• mountains

• empty fields

Raising large numbers of livestock also consumes a lot of _______ and causes a lot of pollution.

• mushrooms

• food

• meat

• energy