Quiz: Environmental Policy and Law

Makes use of science, ethics, economics, and political process to solve environmental problems.

• industrialization

• environmental policy

• environmental science

• environmental Impact statement

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NGSS.HS-ETS1-1

What does EIS stand for?

• Environmental Impact Statement

• Environmental Incident Statement

• Environmental Impact Statute

• Environmental Incident Stucture

What President instituted the EIS and the EPA

• Reagan

• Ford

• Kennedy

• Nixon

Clean Water Act 1972

• established the National Park Service (NPS), an agency of the U.S. Department of the Interior. 
• U.S. federal law that regulates the discharge of pollutants into the nation's surface waters, including lakes, rivers, streams, wetlands, and coastal areas. Passed in 1972 and amended in 1977 and 1987, the Clean Water Actwas originally 
• legislation that grants public access to documents or other data in the possession of a government agency or public authority, unless the information falls into a category that is specifically excluded from the terms of the legislation.

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NGSS.HS-ESS2-5

NGSS.HS-ESS3-1

NGSS.HS-ESS3-4

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

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NGSS.HS-ESS3-1

NGSS.HS-ESS3-4

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

The "Tragedy of The Commons" is...

• An economic issue where people do not have enough money to buy basic needs so they resort to stealing and breaking the law.

• A type of play where someone tragically dies or gets killed.

• Economic issue where individuals tend to take advantage of the natural resource and it becomes unavailable for everyone.

Sustainability

• The process of maintaining resources so they are not depleted or permanently damaged.

• The ability to read minds

• The ability to save resources for years and years

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NGSS.HS-ESS3-4

NGSS.HS-ETS1-3

NGSS.HS-LS2-7

Economics is...

• studying goods, services, and how people can get them.
• studying trees, bushes, and other plants.
• studying animals and wildlife.
• studying food, and how food is made.

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NGSS.HS-ESS3-2

NGSS.HS-ETS1-3

when environmental and social conditions are linked across political borders worldwide

• globalization

• unfunded mandates

• US Fish and Wildlife Services

• Environmental Impact Statement