Environmental Policy

Environmental Policy

9th - 12th Grade

10 Qs

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Environmental Policy

Environmental Policy

Assessment

Quiz

Science

9th - 12th Grade

Practice Problem

Hard

NGSS
HS-LS2-7, MS-ESS3-4, MS-ESS3-1

+1

Standards-aligned

Created by

Charles Martinez

FREE Resource

10 questions

Show all answers

1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which law gave citizens up to 160 acres of land for free?

National Park Act

Homestead Act

General Mining Act

Northwest Ordinance

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was the main goal of the very first laws and policies regarding the environment?

to prevent pollution of the land

to promote and encourage westward expansion and land use

to set aside certain areas and protect them for future generations

3.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which two events caused more citizens to want stronger laws protecting the land and stopping pollution?

General Mining Act in 1972

Cuyahoga River fire in 1969

Publication of Silent Spring book in 1962

Homestead Act of 1862

National Park Act of 1916

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which law was most closely related to the California Gold Rush?

National Park Act

General Mining Act

Soil Conservation Act

Cuyahoga River Fire

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which Policy period created strict laws limiting pollution and protecting the Environment?

1st Period from 1790 to 1890

2nd Period from 1890 to 1950s

3rd Period from 1960s to 1990s

Modern day 2000s to Present

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS2-7

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which law created 60 famous parks such as Yosemite, Grand Canyon, and Shenandoah?

Homestead Act

National Park Act

Forest Reserve Act

Safe Drinking Water Act

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which law was the first environmental policy that paid a subsidy to farmers to encourage resource preservation?

National Park Act

Soil Conservation Act

Toxic Substance Control Act

Forest Reserve Act

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