WorksheetsHealthy Eating, Healthy Planet Vocabulary
Total questions: 11
Worksheet time: 21mins
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Class
Date
1.
What does the word "benefit" mean as it is used in the context of the following sentence?
"There are many benefits to growing your own food."
"There are many benefits to growing your own food."
a)
a payment or gift
b)
an event to raise money for a charity or cause
c)
an advantage; something good
2.
What does the word "produce" mean as it is used in the context of the following sentence?
"An easy way to get local produce is to shop at a nearby farmer’s market."
"An easy way to get local produce is to shop at a nearby farmer’s market."
a)
things that have been grown
b)
to cause something to happen
c)
to make or manufacture
d)
to provide or bring forth
3.
Which of the following is an example of a produce item found in the supermarket?
a)
tomato
b)
soda
c)
marshmallows
d)
gum
4.
What does the word "resources" mean as it is used in the context of the following sentence?
"Our unique brains and bodies allow us to use the world’s resources in ways no other animal can."
"Our unique brains and bodies allow us to use the world’s resources in ways no other animal can."
a)
a farming technique
b)
a lack of something
c)
a supply of money, materials, or staff that are available to be used
d)
to reduce
5.
Which of the following are examples of the earth's resources?
a)
computers, phones, tablets, laptops
b)
water, trees, solar energy, natural gas
6.
What does the word "pollution" mean as it is used in the context of the following sentence? "These activities help us live, but they also create pollution that affects the air we breathe and the water we drink."
a)
to clean the air
b)
introduce harmful products or substances into the environment
c)
to restore or preserve the environment
7.
Which of the following is an example of pollution?
a)
fog
b)
car exhaust
c)
steam
d)
compost
8.
"A great way to limit your impact on the planet is to follow other animals’ way of eating."
a)
a type of food
b)
a cause
c)
a natural resource
d)
an effect
9.
In science we learned that MOST humans, unlike some other animals in the animal kingdom, are _________________(meat and plant eaters), with the exception of vegetarians (people who do not eat meat / animal products).
a)
herbivores
b)
carnivores
c)
omnivores
10.
What does the word "locally" mean as it is used in the context of the following sentence?
"Love to eat grapes? Well, you can eat them in-season and locally...if you moved around the world a lot to follow the seasons!"
"Love to eat grapes? Well, you can eat them in-season and locally...if you moved around the world a lot to follow the seasons!"
a)
far away
b)
in a local area; nearby
11.
"Grapes are a summer fruit so during the winter, many northern American supermarkets buy them from farmers in Chile, which is more than 4,000 miles away!"
What continent is Chile a part of?
What continent is Chile a part of?
a)
North America
b)
South America
c)
Africa
d)
Asia
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