Question

One of the biggest environmental impacts of a meat-based diet is the depletion of water as a natural resource. How many gallons of water does it take to produce one pound of beef?

A) 25-50 gallons
B) 100-250 gallons
C) 500-1000 gallons
D) over 2000 gallons

Answer 1

1,799

Step-by-step explanation:

it takes majority of that to give them to drink till they are old enough to be slaughtered and it also takes a small portion of that to was the meat

Answer 2

the correct answer is d.) over 2,000 gallons.

Step-by-step explanation:

raising livestock requires large amounts of water, most of it's used to irrigate the grains and hay fed to the animals. it takes 2,464 gallons of water to produce 1 pound of beef. i just got this correct on usatestprep. :)