AP Environmental Science Legislation

Which law regulates pesticides in the United States?

• Clean Water Act

• Clean Air Act

• Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA)

• Endangered Species Act

Which act established a national policy and goals for the protection, maintenance, and enrichment of the environment?

• Clean Air Act

• National Environmental Policy Act

• Energy Independence and Security Act

• Energy Policy Act

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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

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The U.S. law that requires developers to study the environmental impact of projects funded by the federal government is

• RCRA

• NEPA

• CITES

• ENSO

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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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Which act was created by the US Environmental Protection Agency to authorize the National Ambient AirQuality Standards (NAAQS) to assist in the creations of law to protect the environment?

• National Environmental Policy Act

• Clean Air Act

• Energy Independence and Security Act

• Energy Policy Act

Endangered Species Act 1973 

• created the National Wilderness Preservation System and recognized wilderness as “an area where the earth and its community of life are untrammeled by man, where man himself is a visitor who does not remain.

• Protects endangered species

• significantly amended portions of the Marine Protection, Research and Sanctuaries Act 

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The Clean Air Act is monitored and enforced by the

• The Paris Accord

• GSA-Government Services Agency

• Virginia

• EPA-Environmental Protection Agency 

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Designed to protect the ozone layer by phasing out substances responsible

• Montreal Protocol

• Kyoto Protocol

• Madrid Protocol

• Yucca Protocol

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Which of these is not part of the Antarctic Treaty?

• To protect all Antarctic animals and plants

• To ban all commercial mining until at least 2048.

• To share scientific knowledge

• To use Antarctica as an area of negotiation when required