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WorksheetsAP Environmental Science Legislature
Total questions: 28
Worksheet time: 19mins
What does the Endangered Species Act (1973) state?
Is designed to protect and recover endangered and threatened species of fish, wildlife and plants in the United States and beyond. The law works in part by protecting species habitats.
The Energy Policy Act (EPAct) of 1992 set goals, created mandates, and amended utility laws to increase clean energy use and improve overall energy efficiency in the United States.
declared it to be U.S. policy to establish a reserve of up to 1 billion barrels of petroleum
none of the above
What does the Energy Policy Act of 1992 state?
set goals, created mandates, and amended utility laws to increase clean energy use and improve overall energy efficiency in the United States.
declared it to be U.S. policy to establish a reserve of up to 1 billion barrels of petroleum
Establishes and maintains goals and standards for U.S. water quality and purity. It has been amended several times, most prominently in 1987 to increase controls on toxic pollutants, and in 1990, to more effectively address the hazard of oil spills.
Controls the sale, distribution and application of pesticides; amended in 1972, 1988, and 1996.
What does the Federal Land Policy and Management Act state?
Provides for protection of the scenic, scientific, historic and ecologic values of federal lands and for public involvement in their management.
Controls the sale, distribution and application of pesticides; amended in 1972, 1988, and 1996. See also Food Quality Protection Act.
this law established a 200-mile fishery conservation zone
Establishes and maintains goals and standards for U.S. water quality and purity. It has been amended several times, most prominently in 1987 to increase controls on toxic pollutants, and in 1990, to more effectively address the hazard of oil spills.
What does the Ocean Dumping Ban Act of 1988 state?
banned ocean dumping of municipal sewage sludge and industrial waste
required the Secretary of Energy to issue guidelines for selection of sites for construction of two permanent, underground nuclear waste repositories.
Seeks to prevent the creation of toxic waste dumps by setting standards for the management of hazardous waste. Like CERCLA, this law also includes some provisions for cleanup of existing contaminated sites.
Authorizes the Environmental Protection Agency to regulate the manufacture, distribution, import and processing of certain toxic chemicals.
Enacted in 1976, is the principal federal law in the United States governing the disposal of solid waste and hazardous waste
Montreal Protocol
The Kyoto Meeting
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
The Price Anderson Act
Known also as Superfund. It was passed in 1980 in response to some alarming and decidely unacceptable hazardous waste practices and management going on in the 1970s.
CERCLA
Resource Conservation Recovery Act
The Montreal Protocol
Atomic Energy Act
An international treaty designed to protect the ozone layer by phasing out the production of numerous substances that are responsible for ozone depletion. Cut CFCs in half.
The Paris Accord
The Montreal Protocol
The Kyoto Meeting
Resource Recovery Act
An agreement within the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) dealing with greenhouse gas emissions mitigation, adaptationand finance starting in the year 2020.
The Kyoto Meeting
The Montreal Protocol
The Paris Accord
CERCLA
The Tragedy of the Commons
Thomas Malthus
Garrett Hardin
Paul Ehrlich
Norman Borlaug
Founded by John Muir
Sierra Club
NRDC
WWF
UN IPCCI
Which law is better known as Superfund?
Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA)
Convention on the International Trade of Endangered Species (CITES)
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)
Food Quality Protection Act (FQPA)
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 of the following resulted in the banning of ozone depleting compounds?
Kyoto Protocol
Paris Agreement
Copenhagen Accord
Montreal Protocol
Located under nine states including Oklahoma, Texas, South Dakota, and Kansas.
Yucca Mountain
Okeefanoke Swamp
Love Canal
Ogallala Aquifer
Wrote "The Silent Spring"
