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Environment and Modern Agriculture Quiz

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What percentage of the world's freshwater is used for agriculture?

a)

30

b)

50

c)

70

d)

90

2.

Which of the following products requires the most water to produce?

a)

Corn

b)

Beef

c)

Milk

d)

Lettuce

3.

What percentage of calories fed to cows gets turned into beef?

a)

52

b)

33

c)

18

d)

3

4.

Which of the following is the largest driver of deforestation?

a)

Beef

b)

Palm oil

c)

Wheat

d)

Wood

5.

What is biomass?

a)

The total number of animals living on the planet

b)

The weight of the planet

c)

The ratio of animal life to plant life

d)

The total weight of all living things on the planet

6.

Which of the following processes emit greenhouse gases?

a)

Animals belching / flatulating

b)

Chemical and animal fertilizers

c)

Transportation of goods

d)

Animal waste

e)

Field burning and forest burning

7.

What percentage of greenhouse gas emissions caused by producing food are from animal products?

a)

100

b)

80

c)

60

d)

40

e)

20

8.

How many pounds of fish do commercial fisheries catch each day?

a)

1 million pounds

b)

100 million pounds

c)

500 million pounds

d)

1 billion pounds

9.

How many animals are raised and killed for food each year?

a)

70 million

b)

700 million

c)

7 billion

d)

70 billion

e)

700 billion

10.

Cell-based / cultivated meat would require how many animals to be slaughtered each year?

a)

0

b)

5 million

c)

50 million

d)

500 million

e)

5 billion

11.

From the presentation, choose one threat the ocean is now facing. Explain what the issue is, and how modern agriculture is contributing to it.

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12.

Choose 2 environmental benefits of cell-based/cultivated meat. Explain why these benefits make cell-based/cultivated meat different from traditionally-produced meat.

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