Fast Fashion and Environmental Harm Quiz

What does the term fast fashion refer to?

• Fashion made for cold climates

• A type of fashion that is timeless

• Rapid mass production of trendy clothing

• Clothing made from natural materials

What is textile waste?

• Old machinery in the textile industry

• Synthetic dyes used in textiles

• Wastewater from cotton farms

• Discarded or leftover fabric and clothing

A landfill is a place used to:

• Produce new textiles

• Grow organic cotton

• Dye clothes using natural colors

• Dump solid waste, including clothing

What does carbon footprint measure?

• The size of a shoe

• The amount of CO₂ emissions from a person, product, or activity

• The cost of clothes

• How much water is used to make a T-shirt

Which of the following contributes most to water pollution in fast fashion?

• Hand-stitching of clothes

• Toxic dyes and chemical runoff from factories

• Recycled clothing

• Organic materials

What is chemical runoff?

• A method of transporting clothes

• Spilled chemicals in shops

• Chemicals washed from factories into rivers or oceans

• Detergent used at home

Microplastics are tiny fibers that:

• Make fabrics softer

• Break down naturally in water

• Come from natural cotton

• Are released from synthetic clothes during washing

Resource depletion means:

• Recycling old clothes

• Increasing the number of factories

• Using up natural resources faster than they can be replaced

• Exporting textiles to other countries

What are greenhouse gas emissions related to?

• Improving air quality

• Trapping heat in the atmosphere and causing climate change

• Making clothes last longer

• Using ethical labor

What does overconsumption lead to in the context of fast fashion?

• More sustainable fashion

• Increased recycling

• Buying too many clothes and generating waste

• Lower carbon emissions