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Environmental Policy, Laws, and People Quiz Review

Authored by Jessica Jones

Science

11th - 12th Grade

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Environmental Policy, Laws, and People Quiz Review
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Kyoto Protocol

international treaty designed to protect the ozone layer by phasing out the production of numerous substances that are responsible for ozone depletion.
nternational treaty that allows a trademark owner to seek registration in any of the countries that have joined the Madrid Protocol 
international agreement linked to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, which commits its Parties by setting internationally binding emission reduction targets.

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NGSS.HS-ESS2-6

NGSS.HS-ESS3-1

NGSS.HS-ESS3-5

NGSS.HS-ESS3-6

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Endangered Species Act 1973 

created the National Wilderness Preservation System and recognized wilderness as “an area where the earth and its community of life are untrammeled by man, where man himself is a visitor who does not remain.
Protects endangered species
significantly amended portions of the Marine Protection, Research and Sanctuaries Act 

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NGSS.HS-LS2-7

NGSS.HS-LS4-5

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

This act  was created by the US Environmental Protection Agency to authorize the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) to assist in the creations of law to protect the environment. This act was also established to handle problems such as acid rain, ground-level ozone, and air toxics.

Clean Air Act
Clean Water Act
Energy Policy Act
Department of Energy

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

This is the federal organization that ensures that all Americans are protected against specific hazards to the environment and human health where they learn, work and live.

Department of Energy
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Environmental Protection Agency
Energy Policy Act

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NGSS.HS-ESS3-4

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

a system the US government uses first to determine an acceptable amount of a specific pollutant than assigns (via permits) a fraction of that amount to industrial sources of the pollutant

market failure

ecolabeling

command-and-control approach

cap-and-trade

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NGSS.HS-ESS3-4

NGSS.HS-ESS3-6

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

a tax levied on companies that participate in activities or produce products that are harmful to the environment

economics

market failure

cost-benefit analysis

green tax

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NGSS.HS-ESS3-4

NGSS.HS-LS2-7

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

a labeling system that tells consumers which brands are made with processes that do not harm the environment

command-and-control approach

green tax

ecolabeling

cap-and-trade

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS2-7

NGSS.HS-ETS1-3

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