Environmental Policy Checkpoint Quiz

The Paris Agreement's long-term temperature goal is to keep the increase in global average temperature to well below 2 °C above.

• True

• False

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What is the purpose of the Paris Agreement?

• To start a war

• To reduce global warming by two degrees.

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The Clean Water Act is a _______________ law in the United States that regulates water pollution.

• Local

• State

• Federal

• Interstellar

Under the Clean Air Act, what agency was charged with enforcing emission standards for new source of air pollution?

• National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

• U.S. Department of Justice

• Environmental Protection Agency

• U.S. Gelological Survey

Which act protects fish, shellfish, and wildlife in rivers, lakes, streams, and oceans, from pollutants?

• Toxic Substances Control Act

• ESA: Endangered Species Act

• CITES

• Clean Water Act

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Which act was created by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to authorize the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) to assist in the creation of laws to protect the environment?

• Clean Air Act
• National Environmental Policy Act
• Energy Independence and Security Act
• Energy Policy Act

Designed to protect the ozone layer by phasing out substances responsible, such as CFCs.

• Montreal Protocol

• Kyoto Protocol

• Stockholm Agreement

• CITES

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This regulates the testing and contents of municipal tap water.

• Safe Drinking Water Act

• Clean Water Act

• Clean Air Act

This law restricts pollution of surface waters.

• Clean Water Act

• Safe Drinking Water Act, SDWA

• Solid Waste Disposal Act, SWDA

• Toxic Substances Control Act, TOSCA

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This law restricts the pollution of the atmosphere

• Clean Drinking Water Act

• Clean Air Act

• The EPA

• Atmospheric Control Act

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