Protection of Earth's Resources and Environments

Ming’s ecology class is researching ideas on how to conserve water at their school. Ming wants to create a water conservation plan for students.

Select two ideas that Ming should include in her water conservation plan.

• Alert a teacher if you notice a dripping faucet.

• Place all water bottles in the recycling bins located in the cafeteria.

• Collect rainwater to use for watering plants in the greenhouse.

• Tie a ribbon around all the healthy trees that should be removed from the playground.

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Governments can help conserve and protect natural resources by establishing national and state parks. Select two reasons why governments participate in conservation efforts.

• to make money from fossil fuels and mineral mining

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  to preserve natural areas with rare features, such as the Grand Canyon

• to establish safe places for endangered environments, such as wetlands or large forests

• to protect people who want to make new devices that use renewable energy

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Miguel and Simone are leading a conservation information session at their school. They want to persuade school officials to help in the effort to protect Earth’s systems.

In what ways can the school help to protect Earth’s systems? Select the two that apply.

• School officials can remove all drinking fountains and offer students free bottles of water.

• School officials can purchase products made of recycled materials.

• School officials can schedule an extra trash pickup day to prevent trash from collecting in the dumpster.

• School officials can install a green roof on the school building to reduce the use of nonrenewable energy.

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Miguel and Simone are leading a conservation information session at their school. They want to persuade school officials to help in the effort to protect Earth’s systems.

How can school officials help their students learn more about conservation?

• by asking students to print their schoolwork on one side of the paper

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  by showing students different inventions that use renewable energy, such as a solar calculator

• by offering students more choices at lunch, such as milk in a carton or a plastic bottle

• by reducing the use of air conditioning in student classrooms

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Paul is expanding his solar panel company. He wants to construct another building for manufacturing solar panels. He wants his new building to have the least amount of impact on the environment. Where is the best place for Paul to locate his new building?

• on a flat, empty gravel lot across the street from his current building

• on a plot of land inhabited with wildflowers, trees, and animals

• next to a creek near his current building

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  underground, next to a transportation center

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