Momentum — Unit test Answers

Read the scenario.A local news team is putting together the stories it will run on its nightly news segment. Among their choices are two stories on the use of green energy in the state. One story is about a nonprofit group that has built a small wind farm to generate electricity to sell to the local utility company. The organization uses the money it makes from the sale to fund an energy-assistance program for low-income residents. The other story is about the possible threat of green energy on local oil-industry jobs. The news team decides to air the story on jobs in the oil industry rather than airing both stories. This is the fourth pro-oil industry story the news team has broadcast in the last month.

What is one strategy that lobbyists use?

Read the scenario.Most advertisements in a for-profit gaming magazine are for video games. An editor at the magazine needs to shorten an article about how gaming affects student learning. The article reviews studies on both sides of the debate, though it gives more attention to research suggesting that video games help young people develop thinking and spatial skills. To shorten the article, the editor removes almost all of the research on the negative effects of video games.

What does the right to petition enable people to do?

Maria Bega is running for city council and has created this social media post.