Possible answers: make sure people obey laws, direct traffic, help rescue people
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What is one duty of health care workers?
Answers will vary.
100
How does public education help the community?
Answers will vary.
100
Name one duty of fire fighters.
Putting out fires, preventing fires, teaching about fire safety, etc.
100
How does public transportation help our community?
It helps people get around and keeps the air cleaner by allowing less cars to drive on the roads.
200
How are police different around the world?
Possible answers: uniforms, transportation
200
True or False: All health care services are free in the United States.
False
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True or false: Public education is free for all children.
True
200
How was fire fighting different in the past?
It used to be a private service. There were no fire fighters and people had to put out fires themselves.
200
How is public transportation provided and paid for?
It is provided at a low cost through taxes but people sometimes still have to pay a small cost.
300
True or False: The police are public service workers.
True
300
True or False: Tax dollars are used to pay for health care.
True
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How is public education provided for free? How do we pay for it?
Tax dollars
300
True or False: Public transportation looks the same all around the world.
False. Some places use trams and double-decker buses.
400
How is health care different around the world?
Some places offer health care at no cost. They have higher taxes to provide free health care to all people.
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How is public education different from private education?
Public education is free and covered by tax dollars. Private education is not covered through taxes and families who send their kids to private schools pay with some of their own money.