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Eating our way to extinction movie

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Each year, the planet loses ____________ acres of land, equal to size of Panama.

a)

8

b)

80 million

c)

18 million

d)

8 billion

2.

By 2030, ______ of forests will remain if nothing changes.

a)

5%

b)

10%

c)

25%

d)

50%

3.

The single cause of deforestation is _____________. (NASA, 2009)

a)

space aliens

b)

animal agriculture

c)

organic agriculture

d)

water contamination

4.

_________ farming is the leading cause of ocean dead zones. (EPA, 2018)

a)

Livestock

b)

Organic

c)

Rice

d)

Biodynamic

5.

___ of all edible fish caught in the ocean are fed to livestock and farmed fish. (FAO, 2009)

a)

1/4

b)

1/3

c)

1/2

d)

3/4

6.

The Great Garbage Patch in the North Pacific Ocean is ______ sq.km.

a)

1000

b)

1.6 million

c)

16 million

d)

1 trillion

7.

____ of plastic in the ocean is made up of fishing gear. (Lebreton et al, Nature, 2018)

a)

10%

b)

40%

c)

80%

d)

95%

8.

Since 1970, we have wiped out over ______ of animal populations on the planet. (WWF, 2016)

a)

10%

b)

25%

c)

40%

d)

60%

9.

______________ is the leading cause of biodiversity loss. (Florida International University)

a)

Livestock farming

b)

Pollinators

c)

Soil loss

d)

Cars

10.

How many species are currently threatened with extinction?

a)

5,000

b)

15,600

c)

26,000

d)

32,452

11.

The U.S. government gives yearly _______ to fruit and vegetable farming and _________ to meat and dairy farming.

a)

$20 million; $38 billion

b)

$38 billion; $20 million

c)

$3 billion; $3 billion

d)

$2 million; $38 million

12.

Over _____ of antibiotics produced around the world are now being given to livestock. (Our World Index, 2017)

a)

25%

b)

50%

c)

75%

d)

105%

13.

The likelihood of a global food system collapse is _____. (Nature, 2020)

a)

increasing

b)

decreasing

c)

the same

14.

A quarter pounder takes _____ gallons of water to create.

a)

6

b)

60

c)

660

d)

6600