Food Waste

What greenhouse gas is produced by food waste, the single largest category of waste that goes to municipal landfills?

• Carbon dioxide

• Nitrous oxide

• Methane

• Chlorofluorocarbons

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-5

What food, when wasted, represents the biggest waste of energy?

• Milk

• Poultry

• Corn

• Beef

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

Where is the majority of food waste produced?

• On farms

• During transportation

• In supermarkets

• In restaurants and at home

We can feed the entire hungry/malnourished population of the world if we reduce global food waste by less than 50%.

• True

• False

Food waste is

• prevalent in MEDCs only

• prevalent in LEDCs only

• prevalent in both MEDCs and LEDCs

• not an issue of concern

If we produce food that doesn’t get eaten, what else is wasted?

• Wildlife Habitat

• Water

• Energy

• All of the above

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

What percent of food never gets eaten in the U.S.?

• 40%

• 60%

• 10%

• 25%

Over 97% of food waste generated in the US ends up in the landfill.

• True

• False

How many people could be fed by that amount of wasted food?

• 500,000 people

• 1 million

• 2 billion

• 500 million

Globally, food waste ranks as the third largest source of greenhouse gas emissions, behind the US and China.

• True

• False