Our food choices affect the environment

What is Climate Change?

• Climate change describes a change in weather, such as a rainy day, over a short period of time.

• Climate change describes a change in earth's conditions, such as temperature, over a long period of time.

• Climate change is not real.

• Climate change is the same as changing seasons from summer to winter.

What have NASA scientists have observed from Earth’s surface?

• Nasa scientists do not where the surface of the Earth is.

• NASA scientists have not spotted a problem.

• Earth's surface is cooling quickly. The coldest years have been recorded in the past 20 years.

• Earth's surface is warming at an alarming rate. The warmest years have been recorded in the past 20 years.

What causes climate change?

• Burning fossil fuel

• Farming

• Deforestation

• All of the above

A 'warmer' climate could affect our planet in a number of ways, such as,

• More rainfall

• Changing seasons

• Shrinking sea ice

• Rising sea levels

• All the above

In the last 150 years, human activity has released large amount of 'what' kind of harmful gases into Earth's atmosphere.

What is carbon footprint?

• It is how much carbon, methane, and other greenhouse gases that go into the air because of something done by people (not by nature).

• It is the same footprint you make when walking in the sand.

• It is the footprint you leave when walking through snow.

• It is the footprint you create when you accidentally walk on cement.

Cows burp out what kind of greenhouse gas?

• Carbon Dioxide

• Methane

• Helium

• Oxygen

Why does eating food that is grown near where you live able to help us save energy and reduces our carbon footprint?

A vegetarian diet would reduce your carbon footprint.

• True

• False

• I'm not sure

Which meat takes the most amount of energy to produce and releases the most greenhouse gases?

• Chicken

• Pork

• Beef

• Lamb