Career Pathways

Education Required

Academic Subjects

NATURAL RESOURCES, ENVIRONMENT, AND AGRICULTURE
Environmental
Science
Technician
Math
Skill Check

  Skill Check 1

In your job as an environmental science technician, you measured the amount of carbon dioxide in the air in a meadow every four hours for 24 hours. Place an “X” on the graph to show the results listed below.

TimePercentage of Carbon
Dioxide in the Air
12 a.m. (midnight)0.045
4 a.m.0.040
8 a.m.0.036
12 p.m. (noon)0.035
4 p.m.0.038
8 p.m.0.045
0.045
0.044
0.043
0.042
0.041
0.040
0.039
0.038
0.037
0.036
0.035
 12 a.m.4 a.m.8 a.m.12 p.m.4 p.m.8 p.m.