For question 5, Figure 5 shows the range of responses. Figure 6 shows the results of these three questions. For each question, incorrect responses are a darker shade of each color, and the correct answer is a lighter or brighter shade of the color. Larger percentages of students knew both the population of the United States and the Earth, but the population of Pennsylvania was known by a smaller percentage of students. Almost every environmental problem we have is related to the number of people living in an area.
More people means more consumption of resources and more generation of pollution.
It is extremely important that we reduce consumption and pollution, both per person and as a whole. Name one Federal or State law or agency that protects the environment. A variety of other agencies at both state and federal levels were also listed. Most students answered this question correctly. We live in the temperate deciduous biome.