Law

The law of inertia (Newton’s First Law) applies

• to both moving and nonmoving objects

• only to moving objects

• only to objects that are not moving

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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This act  was created by the US Environmental Protection Agency to authorize the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) to assist in the creations of law to protect the environment. This act was also established to handle problems such as acid rain, ground-level ozone, and air toxics.

• Clean Air Act

• Clean Water Act

• Energy Policy Act

• Department of Energy

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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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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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Objects in motion tend to stay in motion

• Newtons 1st Law

• Newtons 2nd Law

• Newtons 3rd Law

• None

Force= mass x Acceleration

• Newtons 1st law

• Newtons 2nd law

• Newtons 3rd law

• None

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Which law states that energy cannot be created or destroyed, only transformed from one form to another?

• Law of Conservation of Energy

• Newton's First Law

• Law of Universal Gravitation

• Law of Thermodynamics

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What does Newton's Third Law of Motion state?

• For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction

• An object in motion stays in motion unless acted upon by an external force

• Force equals mass times acceleration

• Energy cannot be created or destroyed

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Which law explains why we need to wear seatbelts in a moving car?

• Law of Conservation of Momentum

• Newton's First Law of Motion

• Law of Universal Gravitation

• Law of Conservation of Energy

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