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Why do your jeans wear out so quickly? - Madhavi Venkatesan

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 9mins

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Class
Date
1.

The true cost of a pair of jeans considers the following stages:

a)

Production

b)

Consumption

c)

Disposal

d)

Production, Consumption, and Disposal

e)

Consumption and Disposal

2.

To reduce the environmental impact of denim jeans:

a)

Buy less

b)

Wash less

c)

Air dry

d)

Buy used

e)

All the above

3.

It takes almost ______liters of water to grow the cotton needed for one pair of denims.

a)

5,000

b)

7,000

c)

10,000

d)

12,000

e)

Unknown

4.

Plastic used in denim affects

a)

The life of denim jeans

b)

The stretchability of jeans

c)

The durability of jeans

d)

The amount of microplastic in the environment

e)

All of the above

5.

The production of a pair of denims can result in the emission of......

a)

10 kilograms of methane

b)

10 kilograms of carbon

c)

33 kilograms of carbon

d)

100 kilograms of carbon

e)

No adverse greenhouse gases

6.

The indigo color associated with denim comes from......

a)

plant

b)

A chemical dying process

c)

Petroleum by products

d)

A chemical dying process

and Petroleum by products

e)

All the above

7.

Who were the first people to add metal riverts to teh jeans?

a)

Levi Strauss

b)

Jacob Davis

c)

Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis

d)

I don't know

8.

how long does a pair of jeans last nowadays?

(a)  

9.

How much of cotton does it take to produce a pair of jeans?

a)

0.3 kilograms

b)

0.7 kilograms

c)

0.5 kilograms

d)

0.77 kilograms

10.

Jeans are full made of cotton

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

c)

I don't remember

11.

What is INDIGO?

(a)  

12.

Do jeans procedures ONLY affect the environment?

a)

YES

b)

NO

c)

MAYBE

d)

I'm not sure