E Block Case Study Quiz

Where can food waste occur? Select all that apply.

• Restaurants

• Households

• Grocery stores

What is one step YOU can take to help reduce food waste?

What is a hog?

• A domesticated pig

  (Kept on a farm)

• A domesticated baby cow

  (Kept on a farm)

• A male pig

• A large horse

One way that hog farming hurts the Earth is that...

• Hog waste is put in lakes and kills off fishes

• Hogs eat too many insects and destroy local ecosystems

• Hogs are noisy and therefore disturb local citizens

• Hogs consume too much food which could be going to humans

Mountaintop removal is: "Any method of surface ______ that destroys a mountaintop or ridgeline."

• coal mining

• fishing

• deforestation

• diamond mining

How does mountaintop removal harm people? Select all that apply.

• It puts toxic chemicals into the drinking water

• Explosive blasting can damage homes and people

• It requires starting brush fires which can damage humans and people

• It increases the cost of living in the local coal communities

In the U.S., mountaintop removal mainly occurs ...

• In Appalachia

• In Texas

• In the southern half of the United States

• Near big cities

What is the problem with the nation of Kiribati?

• Hog waste is polluting the lakes there

• There is a fight between the government and the citizens over lead water pollution

• The island is "sinking" due to rising sea levels

• It is the largest contributor to the food waste problem

Why are the sea levels rising and impacting islands like Kiribati?

______ is when a change in temperature removes algae from corals, turning them white, and damaging the coral's food source.

• Bleaching

• Climate Change

• Deforestation

• Mining