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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Waste Equals Food.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is a positive change that occurs during the Industrial Revolution?
(a) Increased pollution.
(b) Increased use of natural resources.
(c) Workers' wages increase.
(d) Families left their rural farms.

2. What material can be used to create a well-designed roof?
(a) Dry grass and leaves.
(b) Concrete.
(c) Aluminum siding.
(d) Sod or grass.

3. How are ants a good source of inspiration for positive design?
(a) They are very efficient but also contribute to the environment around them.
(b) They do not work in teams but are excellent individualists.
(c) They are fast and wasteful in their productivity.
(d) They take their time to accomplish a task.

4. What statement best describes how the authors feel about consumerism?
(a) We can blame our children for our own consumerism.
(b) It is the fault of an education system that does not teach good consumerism.
(c) We can blame uneducated consumers for the state of the environment.
(d) It is not completely the consumer's fault for the mass production of environmentally dangerous products.

5. What do the authors mean by designing products for worst-case scenarios?
(a) Making products that are recyclable.
(b) Making products that work only in ideal circumstances.
(c) Making products so that they work in the most difficult of circumstances.
(d) Making products so that they never wear out.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the Menominee tribe use their forest resources?

2. Which is an example of a product that is difficult to recycle?

3. Why are car parts difficult to recycle?

4. What is a potential problem associated with pesticide and herbicide use?

5. Which is an example of a material that is downcycled?

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