Nature and the Environment — Test Answers

Which best describes one main difference between Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring and Winona LaDuke’s "A Case for Waawaatesi"?

Read this excerpt from Silent Spring . Then a strange blight crept over the area and everything began to change. Some evil spell had settled on the community: mysterious maladies swept the flocks of chickens; the cattle and sheep sickened and died. Everywhere was a shadow of death. The farmers spoke of much illness among their families. Read this excerpt from A Case for Waawaatesi. Think of it this way, your ancestors navigated by the stars, and today most people won’t walk outside without a GPS. That’s a crazy loss of direction or skill at some level for sure. And while Indigenous peoples and many rural peoples can still see the stars, most of the world’s population cannot. That’s particularly an urban thing, where there’s all this light. From my farm, through the open skies, at night I can see the glow of Detroit Lakes, and that’s 25 miles away. Which word best describes the tone used in both excerpts?

Read this sentence from Silent Spring . Along the roads, laurel, viburnum and alder, great ferns and wildflowers delighted the traveler's eye through much of the year. Read the excerpt from A Case for Waawaatesi. It turns out that being dark part of the time is a good idea for animals, and for ourselves. That’s the way it’s supposed to be. Which best states a comparison of the tones used in these excerpts?

Which best compares the structure of Silent Spring and "A Case for Waawaatesi"?

Read the excerpt from The Hot Zone. They closed up their suits and lumbered across the staging area to a large air-lock door. This was a supply air lock. It did not lead into the hot zone. It led to the outside world. They opened it. On the floor of the air lock sat the seven garbage bags. Which phrases are examples of jargon? Choose three correct answers.