AP Environmental Exam

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

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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

The containment, cleanup, or remediation of abandoned toxic waste sites is governed by a program known as ______________.

• Superfund

• Superclean

• Superdump

• Federal Toxic Act

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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

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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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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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A combination of severe drought, and harsh farming practices resulted in the "Dirty Thirties" a.k.a__________________

• The Super Bowl

• The Dust Bowl

• Agricultural Revolution

• El Nino

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