Question

The history of the United States includes a look at its geography and the ways that people have viewed and used their environment. Are the choices that you make each week helping or hurting the environment? Explore this interactive to find out if you are making eco-friendly choices.

Answer 1

01.02 America’s Geography—How Eco-friendly Are You?

As a world effort to preserve our environment, we reduce, reuse, and recycle. Read the statement, and choose the best response for the survey.

Question One:
When it’s my turn to do the dishes, I would rather:

use paper plates. [Least Eco-friendly]
use the dishwasher. [Somewhat Eco-friendly]
clean the dishes by hand. [Most Eco-friendly]
Question Two:
When grocery shopping, I prefer:

plastic bags. [Least Eco-friendly]
paper bags. [Somewhat Eco-friendly]
my own reusable bags. [Most Eco-friendly]
Question Three:
When I see trash on the ground, I:

put it into the nearest recycling bin. [Most Eco-friendly]
pick it up and put it into the garbage. [Somewhat Eco-friendly]
walk over it. [Least Eco-friendly]
Question Four:
When given the choice of a new or a used book, I choose the:

new book. [Least Eco-friendly]
used book. [Most Eco-friendly]
used book only if a new book is not available. [Somewhat Eco-friendly]
Question Five:
When taking leftovers from a restaurant, I prefer them in a:

reusable plastic container. [Most Eco-friendly]
Styrofoam container. [Least Eco-friendly]
cardboard box. [Somewhat Eco-friendly]
Results:

If you mostly chose answers that were "Most Eco-friendly," you are an Ecological Hero! Thank you for making eco-friendly choices. Your choices are a great way to preserve our ecosystem.

If you mostly chose answers that were "Somewhat Eco-friendly," you are an Ecological Friend. Thank you for making mostly eco-friendly choices. Most of your choices help preserve our ecosystem.

If you mostly chose answers that were "Least Eco-friendly," you are an Ecological Beginner. Some of your choices may be contributing to the pollution of our environment. Consider making more eco-friendly choices in the future.

Answer 2

kk this is the intro ...

Answer 3

Making eco-friendly choices is one way we can protect the ecosystem in which we live. Can you guess how the ecosystems have changed over time? Can you imagine what the United States looked like when the first settlers arrived? In this lesson, you will explore ways we use maps and other geographic tools to understand the impact of humans on their environment.

Answer 4

Most early settlers had no idea what America was like west of the Appalachian Mountains. Imagine how different their experience would have been if they had access to maps, globes, the Global Positioning System (GPS), and online programs like Google Earth™. These are all geography tools. People rely on these tools to get from one place to another, find a location, or determine the distance between places.

A globe and a map are two common geography tools. A globeGlobe: a three-dimensional model of Earth is a sphere-shaped model that gives us a three-dimensional view of the earth. While a globe is great for looking at the big picture, a map helps us with the details. Watch this Discovery Education™ clip to learn more about maps and globes.

Answer 5

those eco questions you posted... you must answer its not right or wrong.

Answer 6

01.02 America’s Geography—Scaling the World: Maps versus Globes Text Version

Let's consider now a plan of something much larger than your room the whole world. To be accurate, a plan of the earth would show the world, as much as possible, the way it really is. It should show all the large landmasses, called continents, and the different oceans in their proper locations. It should show how large everything is and how far away different parts of the earth are from each other. Such a plan does exist. It is called a globe. A globe is a kind of map, but a globe is round, just as the earth is round. And because it is round, a globe is the most accurate model of the earth. But globes are not very useful in some ways. In particular, a globe can't show very much detail, especially for a small area of the earth's surface. Here is what a typical globe shows for the area around Texas. There is barely enough room on the globe to show the locations of the major cities. The city of Houston appears only as a dot, there certainly is not enough room to show roads or streets. Now imagine you are visiting a city like Houston and needed to find your way around. Obviously you would need a much bigger globe to show the kinds of detail you need. But a globe big enough to show this kind of detail would be enormous. It would be so big that you'd have to haul it behind your car in a trailer. Fortunately, we don't need to rely on globes for this kind of information. Maps are much more practical. Maps can show much more detail for smaller areas. For example, you can buy a road map that shows the major streets and roads in and around Houston. Road maps may not only show roads but also provide other useful information, such as the location of airports and parks. Road maps can show even smaller areas. For example, here is a map of the Johnson Space Center in Houston. It shows individual buildings, like the cafeteria and gift shop. Maps have another advantage. You can fold maps, and they don't take up much room. But maps have their disadvantages, too, especially if the map has to show a large area, like a continent or the whole world. The major problem with such maps is that maps are flat...and the earth is round. To understand why this is a problem, think of an orange. Like the earth, an orange is a sphere. You can remove the skin, or surface, of an orange by peeling it off. In a way, this is what mapmakers do when they make a map of the world. They peel the earth's surface in order to make it lie flat. But when they do this, they have to break the surface, leaving gaps. But when the gaps are filled in, the shapes and sizes of the earth's continents and oceans are no longer true to life. For example, on most flat maps of the world, Greenland appears to be about as big as South America. But if you look at a globe, you'll see this isn't true. Try measuring both places with a tape measure. This won't tell you their actual sizes, but it will give you a sense that South America is actually much larger than Greenland.

Answer 7

forget it.. its too much

Answer 8

im gonna have to read this and understand all this crap :/ ugh

Answer 9

so far i understand this

Answer 10

it's not hard

Answer 11

yes but its too much info :/ ima read the lesson and if im stuck, then ill let you know :)

Answer 12

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Answer 13

lmao thanks ;)