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.

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?)

Evaluate responses using AI:

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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