Sustainability quiz

Sustainability quiz

1. About how many people are there in the world?

a. 7 million

b. 70 million

c. 7 billion

d. 70 billion

Sustainability quiz

2. Which change would bring most benefit in supporting our increasing population?

a. Making more sustainable use of energy and resources

b. Making more use of oil

c. Using more land for intensive farming to produce more food

d. Making more use of solar power

Sustainability quiz

3. Which of these helps to measure how

sustainable something is?

a. Carbon blueprint

b. Carbon footprint

c. Energy footprint

d. Energy index

Sustainability quiz

4. Which of these does not affect the sustainability of a food?

a. Where it is grown

b. How it is grown

c. How it is packaged

d. How much it costs

Sustainability quiz

5. How can you eat more sustainably?

a. Avoid fatty food

b. Choose food that is in season

c. Avoid uncooked food

d. Choose your favourite food

Sustainability quiz

6. When are leeks and sprouts in season?

a. Spring

b. Summer

c. Autumn

d. Winter

Sustainability quiz

7. When are apples and pears in season?

a. Spring

b. Summer

c. Autumn

d. Winter

Sustainability quiz

8. What do farmers plant to produce the potato crop?

a. Seed potatoes

b. Baby potatoes

c. Green potatoes

d. New potatoes

Sustainability quiz

9. When do British farmers harvest early potatoes?

a. Spring

b. Summer

c. Autumn

d. Winter

Sustainability quiz

10. What steps are potato farmers taking to improve sustainability?

a. Using fuel-efficient machinery

b. Monitoring the crop closely

c. Using low-carbon fertilisers

d. All of these

Sustainability quiz

11. Which of these can normally be recycled by the council?

a. Carrier bags

b. Plastic foam food trays

c. Aluminium drinks cans

d. Plastic film

Sustainability quiz

12. Which of these cannot normally be recycled by the council?

a. Crisp packets

b. Tin cans

c. Plastic drinks bottles

d. Glass bottles

Sustainability quizAnswers

Sustainability quiz

1. About how many people are there in the world?

a. 7 million

b. 70 million

c. 7 billion

d. 70 billion

Sustainability quiz

2. Which change would bring most benefit in supporting our increasing population?

a. Making more sustainable use of energy and resources

b. Making more use of oil

c. Using more land for intensive farming to produce more food

d. Making more use of solar power

Sustainability quiz

3. Which of these helps to measure how

sustainable something is?

a. Carbon blueprint

b. Carbon footprint

c. Energy footprint

d. Energy index

Sustainability quiz

4. Which of these does not affect the sustainability of a food?

a. Where it is grown

b. How it is grown

c. How it is packaged

d. How much it costs

Sustainability quiz

5. How can you eat more sustainably?

a. Avoid fatty food

b. Choose food that is in season

c. Avoid uncooked food

d. Choose your favourite food

Sustainability quiz

6. When are leeks and sprouts in season?

a. Spring

b. Summer

c. Autumn

d. Winter

Sustainability quiz

7. When are apples and pears in season?

a. Spring

b. Summer

c. Autumn

d. Winter

Sustainability quiz

8. What do farmers plant to produce the potato crop?

a. Seed potatoes

b. Baby potatoes

c. Green potatoes

d. New potatoes

Sustainability quiz

9. When do British farmers harvest early potatoes?

a. Spring

b. Summer

c. Autumn

d. Winter

Sustainability quiz

10. What steps are potato farmers taking to improve sustainability?

a. Using fuel-efficient machinery

b. Monitoring the crop closely

c. Using low-carbon fertilisers

d. All of these

Sustainability quiz

11. Which of these can normally be recycled by the council?

a. Carrier bags

b. Plastic foam food trays

c. Aluminium drinks cans

d. Plastic film

Sustainability quiz

12. Which of these cannot normally be recycled by the council?

a. Crisp packets

b. Tin cans

c. Plastic drinks bottles

d. Glass bottles