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After completing these activities, students can earn a certificate by correctly answering 8 out of these 10 questions.

*Parents may need to assist younger children complete the quiz and download certificate. Quiz is suited for upper elementary through high-school students.

What do urban planners do?*
- a. Design rollercoaster theme parks
- b. Plan for new and existing communities and public spaces to make them safer, healthier and more enjoyable
- c. Build houses in cities
- d. Vote on projects in city meetings
What are some of the problems related to urban sprawl?*
- a. Increased burning of fossil fuels from car travel
- b. Habitat loss for plants and animals due to farmland and wild land consumption
- c. Health and safety problems like increased asthma risk and traffic fatalities
- d. High infrastructure costs
- e. All the above
Which of these plants is native to Florida?*
- a. Ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa)
- b. Brittlebrush (Encelia farinose)
- c. Black Walnut (Juglans nigra)
- d. Cabbage palm (Sabal palmetto)
Who is responsible for county government?*
- a. Sheriff
- b. Board of commissioners
- c. Special district
- d. Management district
What kind of laws were passed in Florida to help support the land boom of the 1920s?*
- a. Laws forbidding horse and dog race gambling
- b. Laws prohibiting the planting of citrus trees
- c. Laws prohibiting state income and inheritance taxes
- d. Laws providing protections against hurricane flooding
The American constitutional system has how many branches of government?*
- a. 1
- b. 2
- c. 3
- d. 4
What is the name of Jody Baxter’s pet deer in The Yearling?*
- a. Fawn
- b. Flagg
- c. Fiona
- d. Fred
What is NOT a main contributor to sea level rise?*
- a. Melting mountain glaciers
- b. Deep ocean earthquakes
- c. Melting polar ice caps
- d. Thermal expansion of water
What is an example of a land use category?*
- a. Environmental
- b. Agricultural
- c. Industrial
- d. Commercial
- e. All of the above
How many sites are on the “Florida Stories” Tallahassee Walking Tour?*
- a. 4
- b. 6
- c. 8
- d. 10

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