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Environmental Law

Authored by Lisa Thompson

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12th Grade

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Environmental Law
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

US Right-To-Know Act, regarding the presence and safety of hazardous chemicals

RCRA

TOSCA

FIFRA

EPCRA

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Superfund Law: Used to clean-up abandoned toxic waste sites, such as Brownfields and old gas stations

TOSCA: Toxic Substances Control Act

CERCLA: Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, & Liability Act

RCRA: Resource Conservation & Recovery Act

FIFRA: Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, & Rodenticide Act

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

First started under FDR, this law was a response to the Dust Bowl, as an effort to stop massive soil erosion on farms

Clean Water Act

NPDES

Soil Conservation & Soil/Water Conservation Acts

FIFRA

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS2-7

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

A coal company removes a mountain top to get the coal underneath and then must make it look like it was before the removal. Which law forces this?

Mining Act

NPDES: National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System

Soil Conservation & Soil/Water Conservation Acts

SMCRA: Surface Mining Control & Reclamation Act

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Law that protects polar bears, whales, otters, seals, walruses, sea lions & other warm-blooded air breathers that like the water

MMPA: Marine Mammal Protection Act

The Greenpeace Act

Stockholm Agreement

CITES: Conference on the International Trade in Endangered Species

ESA: Endangered Species Act

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS2-7

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

US Law that monitors the testing & safety of pesticides, such as rodenticides, insecticides, & fungicides

RCRA

TOSCA

FIFRA

EPCRA

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Which act established a national policy and goals for the protection, maintenance, and enrichment of the environment?

Clean Air Act

National Environmental Policy Act

Energy Independence and Security Act

Energy Policy Act

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