Environmental Law Quiz review

What does the Clean Air Act regulate and protect the public from?

• Wild Life

• Bad Air Pollutants

• Aquatic Lifeforms

• Litter on the streets

In the 1970s, the United States introduced the _________________________ which calls for a recovery plan to be created for each endangered species.

• Resource consevation and Recovery Act

• Clean Water Act

• Endangered Species Act

Environmental policy addresses all of the following issues EXCEPT __________.

• air pollution

• water pollution

• natural disasters

• overfishing

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

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

• Pollution Prevention Act
• Energy Independence and Security Act
• Energy Policy Act
• Clean Water Act

What is a regulation?

• a rule or directive made and maintained by an authority.

• An organization with a specific task

• A governing body over a particular area

Law that is derived from judicial decisions instead of from statutes.

• Common Law

• Implied Law

• Constitutional Law

• English Law

Refers to rights carved out in the federal and state constitutions.

• Common Law

• Constitutional Law

• Implied Law

• English Law

Which best describes how US Environmental Law is structured?

• A series of patchwork laws that deal with very specific things and have been written over a long period of time

• A one size fits all, blanket law that covers a wide variety of different issues

To keep and protect something from damage, change, or waste

• consume

• deforest

• eliminate

• conserve