Natural Resources Pop Quiz

Identify the term defined: the releasing of hazardous or poisonous substances into the environment.

• Pollution

• Pollutant

• Carcinogen

Fill in the blank to correctly complete the sentence: Pollution ___ the quality of many natural resources.

• Helps

• Destroys

• Benefits

A pollutant that causes cancer is known as a

• Disease

• Pollutant

• Carcinogen

This former President was a wildlife conservationist.

(a)  

Yellowstone National Park was established in

• 1943

• 1872

• 1972

The Lacey Act was enacted in 1900 as part of wildlife conservation. What did the Lacey Act regulate? (What did the law help stop?)

The Migratory Bird Hunting Stamp Act became a law in what year?

• 1934

• 1943

• 1912

The EPA, established in 1970, sets and enforces guidelines on the release of pollutants. What do the letters "EPA" abbreviate?

• Environmental Protection Agency

• Environment Protocol Act

• Environmental Preservation Agency

Theodore Roosevelt established the first wildlife refuge area in what year?

• 1893

• 1903

• 1910

• 1940

Who pioneered the use of ecology in learning about wildlife?

• Teddy Roosevelt

• John Muir

• Aldo Leopold

• Franklin Roosevelt