The Story of stuff

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GCSE Year 7 Quiz on The Story of stuff, created by Mike Stokes on 30/06/2014.
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Question 1

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How much original natural forest does the USA still have left?
Answer
  • 4%
  • 10%
  • 16%
  • 20%

Question 2

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What percentage of waterways have been made undrinkable?
Answer
  • 10%
  • 30%
  • 40%
  • 60%

Question 3

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The USA has 5% of the World's population, what percentage of the World's resources do they use?
Answer
  • 5%
  • 10%
  • 20%
  • 30%

Question 4

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The USA has 5% of the world’s population, what percentage of the world’s waste do they create?
Answer
  • 5%
  • 10%
  • 20%
  • 30%

Question 5

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If we all consumed as much as the USA, how many Earths would we needed to supply the demand for resources?
Answer
  • 1-2
  • 2-3
  • 1-3
  • 1-4
  • 3-5

Question 6

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What percentage of global fisheries are fished at or over their capacity?
Answer
  • 25%
  • 50%
  • 75%

Question 7

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How many trees a minute are lost in the Amazon?
Answer
  • 200
  • 800
  • 1500
  • 2000

Question 8

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How many Lbs of toxic chemicals does the USA release into the environment each year?
Answer
  • 4,000,000,000
  • 400,000,000
  • 40,000,000
  • 4,000,000

Question 9

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What percentage of children in the Congo have dropped out of school to mine coltan?
Answer
  • 10%
  • 20%
  • 30%
  • 40%

Question 10

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How much materials are still in circulation or use after 6 months in the USA?
Answer
  • 50%
  • 30%
  • 10%
  • 1%

Question 11

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Who said "Our enormously productive economy... demands that we make consumption our way of life, that we convert the buying and use of goods into rituals, that we seek our spiritual satisfaction, our ego satisfaction, in consumption... we need things consumed, burned up, replaced and discarded at an ever-accelerating rate." ?
Answer
  • Vicky Elbow
  • Victor Billbow
  • Vic Bowler
  • Victor Lebow

Question 12

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What does planned obsolescence mean?
Answer
  • Designed to last
  • Designed to look large
  • Designed for the dump

Question 13

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What does planned obsolescence mean?
Answer
  • Designed to last
  • Designed to look large
  • Designed for the dump

Question 14

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What does perceived obsolescence mean?
Answer
  • A product looks the same for a long time.
  • A product looks big.
  • A product looks out of date when a new product is launched.

Question 15

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How much garbage does the average American make in a day?
Answer
  • 0.5 Lbs
  • 1Lbs
  • 2.5 Lbs
  • 4.5 Lbs
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