Environmental Issues

Question 1

Which of the following best describes the purpose of the 1997 Kyoto Protocol?

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to reduce greenhouse emissions worldwide

Question 2

Which of the following is the best description of fresh water as a natural resource?

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limited and vulnerable

Question 3

Why was the town of Picher, Oklahoma, evacuated in 2009?

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A large number of its children had suffered from lead poisoning.

Question 4

The 1974 Congressional Safe Drinking Water Act

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empowered the EPA to protect groundwater in the United States.

Question 5

Water usage in the United States has

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tripled during the last fifty years.

Question 6

In addition to enforcing such legislation as the Clean Water Act,

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the EPA has programs in place to help US consumers and industries use less water.

Question 7

Which of the following best names significant threats to water quality in the United States?

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industrial pollution, sewage pollution, and saltwater intrusion

Question 8

Which of the following happens when fossil fuels are burned?

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Carbon dioxide and other pollutants are released into the air.

Question 9

Which of the following names two Congressional actions, one intended to prevent pollution and another intended to clean toxic sites?

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the Clean Air Act and the Superfund

Question 10

One problem that arises with monitoring freshwater supplies is that

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it can take years to detect pollution in underground water.

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