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APES Environmental Decision-Making Review
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Quiz on environmental history, ethics, economics, and laws
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This Act is administered by NOAA, and includes the Great Lakes.
Coastal Zone Management Act
Coasts and Estuaries Protection Act
Lakes and Water Management Act
Clean Water Act
2
This law deals with registering pesticides.
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act
Consumer Pesticide Control Act
National Nasty Chemicals Registry
Food Quality Protection Act
3
Combining environmental goals with social and economic goals is part of the:
National Sustainability Regulation
Triple Bottom Line
Penguins for Change Agenda
Environmental Justice
4
This Act establishes catch limits and mandates fishery management.
Borgin and Burkes Fish Management Act
Large Fish Preservation Act
One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish Act
Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act
5
This regulation sets air quality standards.
Clean Water Act
Pollution Prevention Act
Federal Water Pollution Control Act
Clean Air Act
6
Protects threatened or endangered species.
Cute Cuddly Animals Act
Wilderness Act
Endangered Species Act
Migratory Bird Act
7
Which was one of the earliest sites to use Superfund resources:
Bhopal
Love Canal
Love Boat
Chernobyl
8
The restoration of abandoned mines is regulated by this law.
Bye Bye Mine Act
Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act
Mining Land Management Act
Water Resources Planning Act
9
The law that enables the EPA to track industrial chemicals.
Industrial Planning Act
Wild and Scenic Rivers Act
Toxic Substances Control Act
Chemicals are Scary Act
10
The Migratory Bird Hunting Stamp Act uses money to buy what?
Bird Seed
Signage for migrating birds
Wetlands
Parakeets
11
Which of the following pollution control strategies incurs the greatest governmental cost?
Asking Will Smith to help out
Green taxes
Regulations
Tradable emissions
12
This Act requires local and state governments to prepare chemical emergency plans.
ASAP
RCRA
EPCRA
CEPA
13
This Act prohibits the taking of marine mammals.
Marine Mammals Protection Act
Oceanic Critter Act
Marine Organisms Preservation Act
Dolphin Safe Fishing Act
14
This international law bans hunting, capturing, and selling threatened species.
Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species
Endangered Species Act
Global Threatened Creature Act
International Ban on Baby Animals
15
If you spill a hazardous substance, this law covers the emergency response and clean-up.
Hazardous Material Transportation Act
CERCLA or Superfund
Deadly Stuff Response Act
Emergency Planning Act
16
This Act phased out the use of chlorofluorocarbons.
Montreal Protocol
Ozone Protection Act
Federal CFC Ban
Anti-Aerosol Act
17
The environmental ethic that focuses on protection of natural wilderness:
Conservationist
Economist
Ecoenvironaturalrenewist
Preservationist
18
This law directs land management of national forests and grasslands.
Coastal Zone Management Act
National Forest Management Act
National Planning Act
Timmmmmbbbbbbeeeerrrrrr! Act
19
The law regulating discharges into water.
Water is Life Act
Federal Water Pollution Control Act
Clean Water Act
Water Policy Act
20
Which of the following is NOT a part of a sustainable urban environment?
Renewable energy sources
Cars and trucks
Use of renewable building materials
Lots of parks and paths
21
Who developed a "land ethic"?
Aldo Leopold
Gifford Pinchot
Justin Timberlake
Rachel Carson
22
The intent of this Act was to improve the average fuel economy of cars and light trucks.
Corporate Average Fuel Economy
Automotive Regulatory Act
Gas Guzzler Tax
Anti-Oil Use Act
23
This law directs the EPA to set drinking water quality standards.
Pollution Prevention Act
Clean Water Act
Safe Drinking Water Act
Icky Tasting Water Act
24
Which of the following is an example of an ecosystem service?
Copper extracted from a mine
Wetlands providing flood control
Parasitic wasp getting food from a host
Toast
25
The law focused on wastes and waste disposal.
Ocean Dumping Act
Radioactive Waste Disposition Act
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
Safe Crap Act
26
This Act governs the development and regulation of nuclear materials in the US.
No Nukes Act
Atomic Energy Act
Nuclear Testing Treaty
Nuclear Regulatory Act
27
What organization did John Muir found?
Muir for President
Greenpeace
Sierra Club
Environmental Defense Fund
28
Gives the federal government authority to establish the Council on Environmental Quality.
National Environmental Policy Act
Safe Soil, Water, and Air Act
Environmental Protectiveness Law
Federal Quality of Environment and Protection Act
29
Which of the following is a limitation of a cost-benefit analysis?
Public health issues are neglected
External costs cannot be added
A what kind of analysis?
Public services are not included
30
The Kyoto Protocol commits parties to reduce what?
Spelling Errors
Nuclear Waste
Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Water Consumption
