Imagine you are the student representative on a committee that is trying to decide whether to allow fossil fuel extraction in a community. Your job as a member of the committee is to create a graphic (poster) to show the costs and benefits of allowing fossil fuel drilling in your area.
Question 1 is a two-point question, with both points being awarded if your answer is completely correct. Partial credit cannot and will not be awarded for question 1 due to the way the question has been purposefully designed.
1. Drag and drop each statement into the area of the graphic (poster) where it should logically be placed.
(2 points)
Drop target 1
Drop target 2
contributes to depletion of a nonrenewable resourceuseful energy source that works with existing infrastructurepollution, including greenhouse gases, can be createdfinancial advantages for communityraw materials can be used for making many productspossible habitat damage
Question 2
Suppose the committee votes to allow the extraction of fossil fuels in the community. When your committee has a press conference, a member of the public asks what plan is in place to keep the environment safe once the drilling begins.
2. Consider the following statements. Which statements would it make sense to include in the plan to keep the community's environment safe?
(2 points)
Logical Parts of the Environmental Safety Plan NOT Logical parts of the Environmental Safety Plan
The community will hire experts to make sure the Clean Air Act of 1970 and the Clean Water Act of 1977 are followed.
The money earned from the drilling outweighs any environmental concern.
Independent scientists will monitor data to make sure pollution is not harming the environment.
The benefits of drilling appear large enough that it is not important to try to reduce the costs.
Logical Parts of the Environmental Safety Plan:
- The community will hire experts to make sure the Clean Air Act of 1970 and the Clean Water Act of 1977 are followed.
- Independent scientists will monitor data to make sure pollution is not harming the environment.
NOT Logical parts of the Environmental Safety Plan:
- The money earned from the drilling outweighs any environmental concern.
- The benefits of drilling appear large enough that it is not important to try to reduce the costs.