Quiz on APES legislation

#1 Which of the following definitions matches the term?

Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)

No carcinogens in food Makes drinking water safer Proper disposal of solid and hazardous waste The IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature) maintains the Red List of threatened species and assigns countries to regulate certain trade.

#2 Which of the following terms matches the definition?

Makes drinking water safer

Montreal Protocol Delaney Clause of Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act Clean Water Act Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA)

#3 Which of the following terms matches the definition?

Cap GHGs, US didn't ratify

Kyoto Protocol Kyoto Protocol Newcomen steam engine Endangered Species Act

#4 Which of the following definitions matches the term?

Delaney Clause of Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act

No carcinogens in food Cap GHGs, US didn't ratify Regulates water pollution (but not drinking water quality) Phases out ozone depleting substances (ODS) like CFCs

#5 Which of the following terms matches the definition?

Designates certain species as threatened or endangered and protects habitats (developers have to do environmental impact assessments) plus prevents trade.

Endangered Species Act Newcomen steam engine Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of wild fauna and flora (CITES) Endangered Species Act

#6 Determine if the following combination is true or false.

Montreal Protocol

Phases out ozone depleting substances (ODS) like CFCs

True

False

#7 Determine if the following combination is true or false.

Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of wild fauna and flora (CITES)

The IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature) maintains the Red List of threatened species and assigns countries to regulate certain trade.

True

False

#8 Determine if the following combination is true or false.

Newcomen steam engine

Designed to pump water out of the coal mines to increase production.

True

False

#9 Determine if the following combination is true or false.

Comprehensive Environmental Response Comprehensive Liability Act (CERCLA)

Superfund act for funding cleanup

True

False

#10 Determine if the following combination is true or false.

Clean Water Act

Regulates water pollution (but not drinking water quality)

True

False

Section 1: Multiple Choice questions

Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)

Makes drinking water safer

Cap GHGs, US didn't ratify

Delaney Clause of Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act

Designates certain species as threatened or endangered and protects habitats (developers have to do environmental impact assessments) plus prevents trade.

Section 2: True/false questions

Montreal Protocol

Phases out ozone depleting substances (ODS) like CFCs

Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of wild fauna and flora (CITES)

The IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature) maintains the Red List of threatened species and assigns countries to regulate certain trade.

Newcomen steam engine

Designed to pump water out of the coal mines to increase production.

Comprehensive Environmental Response Comprehensive Liability Act (CERCLA)

Superfund act for funding cleanup

Clean Water Act

Regulates water pollution (but not drinking water quality)

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