Pollution APES test

Requires minimum safety standards for community water supplies

• Safe Drinking Water Act
• Clean Water Act
• Clean Air Act
• Resource Conservation Recovery Act

Mandates the restoration and maintenance of the chemical, physical, and biological integrity of the nation's waters

• Safe Drinking Water Act
• Clean Water Act
• Clean Air Act
• Resource Conservation Recovery Act

Establishes cradle to grave tracking of hazardous waste

• Safe Drinking Water Act
• Clean Water Act
• CERCLA
• Resource Conservation Recovery Act

Found in old plumbing pipes and ceramic glazes

• Asbestos
• Radon
• Lead
• Formaldehyde

Composed of fibers known to cause lung disease

• Asbestos
• Radon
• Lead
• Formaldehyde

Emitted from most manufactured building materials and furniture

• Asbestos
• Radon
• Lead
• Formaldehyde

Of the following cities, which regularly experiences the worst levels of photochemical smog that is enhanced by thermal inversions?

• New York City, NY
• Los Angeles, California
• Portland, Oregon
• Atlanta, Georgia

In a river ecosystem, dissolved oxygen concentrations drop quickly downstream from a point-source input of organic matter into the river due to

• increasing populations of mayfly and stonefly larvae
• increasing bacterial activity as organic matter decays
• decreasing bacterial activity as turbidity increases
• decreasing water temperature

The 3 main anthropogenic sources of gaseous air pollutants in the US are

• soil erosion, volcanoes, and forest fires
• soil erosion, volcanoes, and energy production
• industry, transportation, and energy production
• industry, transportation and agriculture

Smoke from forest fires is most likely to affect air quality over larger areas for many days when

• smog is produced due to chemical reactions in the atmosphere
• a persistent atmospheric inversion exists in the region
• primary pollutants
• secondary pollutants