ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY • WHAT IS CLIMATE CHANGE?
sources of greenhouse gases
DIRECTIONS:
• Match the greenhouse gases (GHGs) with their sources within the food system.
• One source can produce more than one GHG!
Decomposition of food
waste in landfills
Use of nitrogen-based
fertilizer on crops
Transporting food
products
Bacterial decomposition
in rice paddies
Livestock manure
Carbon dioxide (CO 2 )
Methane (CH 4 )
Nitrous oxide (N 2 0)
Clearing forests for
farmland
Cattle burps
Running agricultural
machinery
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