Question 4 • 2025-2026 Phillips Environmental Science A 2nd semester
Connie needs to choose a current event to write about for the school newspaper. Her teacher would also like the article to include a visual aid, modeling a system or cycle. Of these options, which would best satisfy the assignment requirements?
Answer
A
Connie chooses influenza as her current event, since the article is being written during flu season. For her visual aid, she models the life cycle of the flu virus.
B
Connie chooses college application requirements, since the article is being written close to the application deadline. For her visual aid, she includes diagrams of several in-state campuses.
C
Connie chooses spring break destinations as her current event, since the article is being written a few months before spring break. For her visual aid, she includes a price comparison chart of several destinations.
D
Connie chooses water quality as her current event, since the local news recently criticized water quality in their area. For her visual aid, she makes a data table of contaminants and their abundance in the local water supply.
Explanation
The assignment calls for a current event and a visual aid that models a system or cycle. Influenza is timely during flu season, and a diagram of the flu virus’s life cycle models a cycle. The campus diagrams, destination price chart, and water-quality data table provide information, but they do not model a system or cycle as directly.
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