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10FOOD - Food Waste

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

If food waste was a country, would it would be the third biggest emitter of greenhouse gases after USA and China?

a)

True

b)

False

2.

What is not a commonly wasted food?

a)

bananas

b)

frozen vegetables

c)

milk

d)

bread

3.

How many people rely on food relief each month in Australia?

a)

150,000 people

b)

500,000 people

c)

650,000 people

d)

2 million people

4.

C - Methane is produced by food waste rotting in landfill

a)

Carbon Dioxide

b)

Nitrous oxide

c)

Methane

d)

Chloroflurocarbons

5.

What percentage of food worldwide is never eaten?

a)

10%

b)

30%

c)

60%

d)

90%

6.

How many people could be fed if 25% of our food wasn't wasted?

a)

1 million people

b)

100 million people

c)

2 million people

d)

870 million people

7.

What else is wasted when we produce food that no one eats?

a)

water

b)

fuel

c)

love

d)

all of the above

8.

Wasting food wastes _______ of fresh water globally every year?

a)

25%

b)

8%

c)

45%

d)

33%

9.

How much does food waste cost the Australian economy each year?

a)

90 million

b)

20 billion

c)

10 billion

d)

10 billion

10.

Australians waste one out of every five...

a)

Bags of groceries

b)

Pieces of fruit

c)

Packets of spaghetti

d)

Cartons of milk