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Environmental Policy

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Makes use of science, ethics, economics, and political process to solve environmental problems.

a)

industrialization

b)

environmental policy

c)

environmental science

d)

environmental Impact statement

2.

What does EIS stand for?

a)

Environmental Impact Statement

b)

Environmental Incident Statement

c)

Environmental Impact Statute

d)

Environmental Incident Stucture

3.

What President instituted the EIS and the EPA

a)

Reagan

b)

Ford

c)

Kennedy

d)

Nixon

4.
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.
a)
Department of Energy
b)
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
c)
Environmental Protection Agency
d)
Energy Policy Act
5.

Sustainability

a)

The process of maintaining resources so they are not depleted or permanently damaged.

b)

The ability to read minds

c)

The ability to save resources for years and years

6.
Economics is...
a)
studying goods, services, and how people can get them.
b)
studying trees, bushes, and other plants.
c)
studying animals and wildlife.
d)
studying food, and how food is made.
7.

Lobbyist are people who try to influence legislation, regulation, and other government decisions, actions, or policies on behalf of a group that hired them.

a)

True

b)

False

8.
__________ is an energy resource that WILL NOT run out in the next several hundred years.
a)
Renewable Energy Resource
b)
Nonrenewable Energy Resource
9.
Coal is a __________ energy resource.
a)
Renewable
b)
Nonrenewable
10.

Any potentially harmful substance that humans add to an ecosystem

a)

a dung pile

b)

a pollutant

c)

is always a carcinogen

d)

is an inorganic substance.