6 Written Questions

1. Otherwise known as Superfund, this legislation was created in response to the Love Canal incident outside of Buffalo, New York.
2. This legislation sets tolerances, or maximum residue limits, for pesticide residues on foods.
3. Global effort to reduce carbon emissions. The US did not ratify the agreement.
4. This legislation not only protects plants and animals but also the "critical Habitat" that those organisms need for survival.
5. The law was passed in 1976 and regulates the introduction of new or already existing chemicals. Chemicals are screened and tested for their potential environmental or human-health hazards.
6. This law came about after the superfund was created to try and promote companies that have chemical waste and other harmful materials to dispose of them properly and inform the government and communities as to where they are dumping these materials

6 Multiple Choice Questions

1. This legislation calls for the provision of a safe and healthy workplace for workers.
   1. Kyoto Protocol
   2. OSHA
   3. The Clean Water Act
   4. The Clean Air Act
2. It was developed in 1972 to protect the Nation's water ways and to stop pollution from being directly discharged into open waters.
   1. The Safe Drinking Water Act
   2. The Clean Air Act
   3. The Clean Water Act
   4. The Lacey Act of 1900
3. CITES established a system of laws and controls over the international trade of threatened plant and wildlife.
   1. The Endangered Species Act
   2. Convention of the Law of the Sea
   3. Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of 1973
   4. National Environmental Policy Act
4. This international agreement establishes specific jurisdictional limits on the ocean area that countries may claim, including a 12-mile territorial sea limit and a 200-mile exclusive economic zone limit
   1. The Oil Pollution Act of 1990
   2. Convention of the Law of the Sea
   3. The Lacey Act of 1900
   4. The Clean Water Act
5. This early environmental law makes commercial hunting a thing of the past.
   1. The Oil Pollution Act of 1990
   2. The Clean Air Act
   3. The Clean Water Act
   4. The Lacey Act of 1900
6. Sets standards for contaminants in the public water supply
   1. The Endangered Species Act
   2. The Safe Drinking Water Act
   3. The Clean Air Act
   4. The Clean Water Act

5 True/False Questions

1. The Oil Pollution Act of 1990 → This legislation was created in response to the Exxon Valdez oil spill in Alaska.

   True        False

2. National Environmental Policy Act → This law requires an environmental impact statement to be done prior to any governmental construction.

   True        False

3. Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act → This legislation not only protects plants and animals but also the "critical Habitat" that those organisms need for survival.

   True        False

4. The Clean Air Act → It was developed in 1972 to protect the Nation's water ways and to stop pollution from being directly discharged into open waters.

   True        False

5. The Resource Conservation and Recovery Act → The RCRA was created to monitor the creation, use, and disposal of hazardous waste from 'cradle to grave'.

   True        False