6.03 Test Review

What is the primary responsibility of scientists in the process of making environmental law?

• to sue the government in cases of unjust laws

• to persuade legislators to share the scientists' views on issues

• to make honest, ethical presentations of data

• to represent the interests of the business community

What power do citizens' groups have that may make legislators take their environmental views more seriously?

• They have a great deal of money.

• Their leaders can run for office.

• Their members vote in elections.

• They can give interviews to the media.

True or False: the United States has regulatory agencies who are responsible for enforcing an environmental law after a legislature has passed it.

• False

• True

What is the most common method large businesses use to communicate their views on environmental issues to legislators?

• Their executives run for legislative office.

• Their leaders vote in general elections.

• They use online social media.

• They hire lobbyists.

Under what law were gray wolves reintroduced to Yellowstone National Park?

• United Nations Environmental Programme

• Superfund (CERCLA)

• National Environmental Policy Act

• Endangered Species Act

Which group, as a whole, opposed the reintroduction of wolves to the northern Rocky Mountains?

• ranchers

• environmentalists

• wildlife management experts

• state legislators

Which group first suggested that gray wolves be reintroduced to Yellowstone?

• environmentalists who knew little about the park or wolves

• local ranchers

• the U.S. Congress

• biologists concerned about the park ecosystem

Which city instituted tough new antipollution regulations after a deadly smog event in 1952?

• Los Angeles

• Beijing

• London

• New York

The Clean Air Act imposes permit requirements for stationary sources of pollution.

Which states are most likely to oppose strict permit requirements?

• large eastern states

• states with histories of smog events

• states whose economies rely on coal, oil, or gas

• states without many stationary sources of pollution

What is not an example of a corporation working to preserve the environment?

• building a "green" headquarters office

• inserting self-serving exemptions into an environmental bill

• instituting a program to prevent pollution in the manufacturing process

• making a large donation to an environmental organization