1. CATEGORY 1: Assessing student moral opinions on the topic

2. Human beings have a moral duty to preserve the environment. 1.Agree 2.Disagree

3. The interests of human beings should be considered before the interests of other species. 1.Agree 2.Disagree

4. A majority of scientists who study the environment agree that human activity is causing significant climate change worldwide. 1.Agree 2.Disagree

5. The world’s natural resources are worthy of care and preservation regardless of their practical value to human beings. 1.Agree 2.Disagree

6. The well-being of a species is more important, morally speaking, than the well-being of any individual. 1.Agree 2.Disagree

7. Human beings and all other living things constitute a dynamic system of interlinked and interdependent parts. 1.Agree 2.Disagree

8. CATEGORY 2: Assessing student assumptions about and knowledge of the issue

9. The United States has 4 percent of the world’s population, but emits 23 percent of global greenhouse gases. a.True b.False

10. In 1996, the United States was emitting twenty times as much carbon per person as India and seven times as much carbon per person as China. a.True b.False

11. Over the last 100 years, the earth’s surface temperature has increased nearly 10 degrees Fahrenheit. a.True b.False

12. Each year, approximately 56,000 square miles of natural forest are cleared for human use. a.True b.False

13. For every 1 percent decrease in the earth’s ozone layer, rates of skin cancer increase 5 percent. a.True False

14. A long and intense winter in one region is evidence that “global warming” is a myth. a.True b.False