Video- the Human Footprint

Name ______Per. _____ Date ______

Video- The Human Footprint

1. How long has the world been around? ______

1. What is the average life span? ______

1. What percent of the earth’s surface is unaffected by humans? ______

1. How many people live in the United States? ______

1. How many diapers do kids go through in the first 2.5 years of life? ______

1. What raw products go into making these diapers?

1. How much water is used if you launder diapers at home? ______

1. How much milk does a cow produce each day? ______

1. How many pints of milk do we each drink in a lifetime? ______

1. How much food do we consume as a nation every day? ______

1. How many chickens do we each consume in a lifetime? ______

1. How many eggs do we eat in a month? ______

1. What is our favorite source of carbohydrates? ______

1. The U.S. devotes an area the size of ______just to wheat fields.

1. How many loaves of bread will we each eat in our lifetimes? ______

1. The amount of hot dogs eaten on Independence Day stretches along what?

1. How much candy do we eat each year? ______

1. How many apples do we eat in our lifetime? ______

1. How many miles do our bananas have to travel in order to get to us? ______

1. How many miles do your oranges have to travel in order to get to you? ______

1. How much plastic do we go through in a lifetime? ______

1. How many cans are opened each second? ______

1. How many showers do we take in a lifetime? ______

1. How much water does that take? ______

1. How many bars of soap will you go through? ______

1. How many times could our sewer lines wrap around the world? ______

1. How many plastic bottles do we as a nation throw away every day? ______

1. How many aluminum cans are thrown away every year? ______

1. How many new pieces of clothing do we buy each year? ______

1. How many gallons of water go into making a tee shirt? ______

1. Each garment will on average last _____ years.

1. The average American generates ______pounds of dirty laundry every year.

1. How many beers will the average American drink in a lifetime? ______

1. The average wine drinkers will go through ______bottles of wine.

1. What is the average price of a wedding? ______

1. It takes more than ______trees to supply all the wood for a home.

1. How many gallons of paint does it take to paint a house? ______

1. How many fridges will we own? ______

1. The average American creates _____ tons of CO2 emissions every year. The world wide average is ______tons.

1. How many pounds of fossil fuels to make a desktop computer? ______

1. How many television sets are there in the country? ______

1. How many books have been published over the last 2000 years? ______

1. Over our lifetimes we will read ______newspapers?

1. How many cards are sent on Valentines Day? ______

1. How many Christmas trees are cut down each year? ______

1. How many turkeys do we eat on Thanksgiving? ______

1. How many tons of popcorn is eaten on the Super Bowl? ______

1. How many of the world’s cars are in the US? ______

1. What metals are used to make cars? ______

1. Where do the plastics used in cars come from? ______

1. Where do the seatbelts and airbags come from? ______

1. Where do the stereo systems come from? ______

1. Where do the tires come from? ______

1. How many cars will you have in your lifetime? ______

1. How many cars are there? ______

1. How much of the world’s oil do we use? ______

1. What kind of flights are there in the US that are the most common? ______

1. How many planes land and take off every 2 seconds? ______

1. How much carbon emissions from china to D.C.? ______

1. How much of the world’s energy do we use? ______

1. How much of the Earth’s land is influenced by humans? ______

1. How much gasoline will you use? ______

1. How many cars are in the nations? ______

1. When will platinum be gone? ______

1. What is an important building material? ______

1. How much of building materials will we use in our lifetime? ______

1. How much coal will we need for our lifetime? ______

1. How many Americans have cells phones? ______

1. How many teens have cell phones? ______

1. How many cell phones are thrown out each year? ______

1. What is the important part of cell phones? ______

1. How much land is cut down every year? ______

1. What percent of threatened animals live near us? ______

1. How many of those will you lose in your lifetime? ______

1. How much water is drained? ______