Farming and Climate Change Quiz

Which of the following is NOT a way that farms contribute to climate change?

• use of fertilizers
• manure management (managing cow droppings)

• crop rotation (moving crops from field to field)

• use of fossil fuels to power farm equipment (powering farm equipment by gas and oil)

What percentage of the world's methane is produced by farms?

• 3%
• 10%
• 40%
• 98%

The natural digestive process in livestock that results in methane is called:

• enteric fermentation

• subsistence feeding
• biological outputs
• regurgitation

Climate change impacts farmers because...

• it makes the soil toxic to all plants (the soil becomes poisonous to plants)

• extreme weather damages crops and limits what they can grow
• farmers don't like cold weather
• livestock (cattle, goats, horses, chickens) grow more slowly

CO2 (Carbon Dioxide) can damage crops by...

• preventing them from getting the oxygen they need
• drying out their root system

• infecting them with a virus (making the plant sick)

• changing their rate of photosynthesis (the process where light energy is changed into energy used by the plant as food)

Which type of meat is raised in such a way that it produces less methane?

• grass-fed beef
• low-impact pork

• wagyu bison

• recycled chicken

Which of the following countries eat the LEAST amount of meat?

• Japan
• Spain
• United States

• Africa

Which of these is NOT a reason farms are not changing their farming practices?

• high cost of more sustainable practices (what is needed costs $$$$$$$)

• farmers are unaware and don't understand the issues

• political lobbies try to keep things the same

• farmers want to harm the planet

Besides emissions from beef production, what else contributes to the greenhouse gas problem?

• livestock care and feeding (caring for farm animals and feeding them)

• alternatively consuming food from plant sources (eating more fruits and vegetables)

• chemical runoff (chemicals in the water systems)

• deforestation and land use changes (cutting down trees and using land for other reasons)

Methane levels have ______________ in less than 10 years.

• tripled (3x more)

• remained the same
• quadrupled (4x more)

• doubled (2x more)