Deck 16: Extension 2: Focus on: Environmental Policy

Question 1

What is the object or activity that is most often cited for impacting air quality?

A) volcanic eruptions
B) factories
C) driving automobiles
D) the sun

Answer 1

C

Question 2

Scientists predict that the natural habitat of polar bears will be mostly gone by __________.

A) 2080
B) 2065
C) 2050
D) 2100

Answer 2

C

Question 3

Which of the following pollutant categories is the most difficult to dispose of?

A) petroleum
B) nuclear
C) chemical
D) biological

Answer 3

B

Question 4

The 12 members of Congress who were defeated following agitation by environmental activists were dubbed __________.

A) the Dirty Dozen
B) the Silent Twelve
C) Polluters
D) the Dirty 12

Question 5

Nonpoint sources-discharges that do not come from a specific pipe-accounted for as much as __________ percent of all water pollution.

A) 10
B) 30
C) 50
D) 60

Question 6

The Founders' orientation to the environment is that __________.

A) it is in society's interest to have a clean environment
B) the physical world exists to serve human needs
C) it is in society's interest to maintain a sustainable environment
D) it is society's interest to have a healthy environment

Question 7

Which of the following presidents established the Environmental Protection Agency?

A) Theodore Roosevelt
B) Franklin Roosevelt
C) Jimmy Carter
D) Richard Nixon

Question 8

Rachel Carson wrote __________, the book that probably spurred the modern environmental movement.

A) Earth in Balance
B) Silent Spring
C) Carson's Springs
D) The Birds

Question 9

World Environment Day is celebrated on what date?

A) April 12
B) November 2
C) June 5
D) September 9

Question 10

The cap-and-trade policy ___________.

A) allows industries to pollute without sanctions
B) allows industries to pollute, but they must pay in advance
C) allows industries to pollute, but they must pay after they pollute
D) does not allow industries to pollute

Question 11

What does the bubble concept allow companies to do?

A) set their standard for emission of pollutants
B) place a bubble over their smokestacks
C) exceed limits on emissions
D) exceed limits on emissions under EPA's standards

Question 12

The development, implementation and enforcement of environmental laws, policies and regulations involving people and treating them fairly is called __________.

A) environmental justice
B) federal policies
C) corporate justice
D) people power

Question 13

Major accomplishments of the United States in protecting its environment include __________.

A) reduction in dangers from ultraviolet rays
B) reduction in experimental farm sites
C) reduction of perchlorate in rocket fuel
D) required screening of newly manufactured chemicals

Question 14

During the EPA's first years, several environmental protection laws were passed that include the __________.

A) Love Canal Act
B) Clean Water Act
C) Clean Engine Act
D) No Smoking in Public Place Act

Question 15

What is one of the major greenhouse gases the global community is trying to reduce?

A) helium
B) oxygen
C) argon
D) carbon dioxide

Question 16

At the federal level, how many cabinet departments deal with environmental oversight?

A) 1
B) 5
C) 12
D) all of them

Question 17

What event spurred the creation of the "Superfund"?

A) Love Canal
B) the Exxon Valdez oil spill
C) the BP oil skill
D) Three Mile Island

Question 18

A federal law that levies taxes on chemical and petroleum industries that endanger public health is popularly called __________.

A) Love Canal Act
B) Superfund
C) Toxic Substance Control Act
D) Clean Water Act

Question 19

The conservation movement started in the late nineteenth century due to concerns about the effects of the __________.

A) American Revolution
B) Russian Revolution
C) Chernobyl crisis
D) Industrial Revolution

Question 20

To preserve some of the natural environment from farmers, ranchers, and loggers, conservationists lobbied for a __________.

A) constitutional amendment
B) ban on industry
C) judicial order
D) national park system

Question 21

Regulations are not always effective, but without any regulations, the cost of producing certain chemicals, for example, is borne by the workers who suffer diseases, ailments, or death; these are called __________.

A) "regulation insurance"
B) negative externalities
C) the commons
D) high-cost pollution

Question 22

The 2010 BP Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion resulted in the public __________.

A) feeling indifferent
B) accepting global warming
C) dissenting against offshore drilling
D) wanting improved safety and protection standards

Question 23

The heavy consumption of energy by U.S. citizens is due to __________.

A) economic recession
B) economic development
C) national hubris
D) consumer confidence

Question 24

Supporters of deregulation seeking a middle ground believe that government should __________.

A) have a limited role in rule writing
B) eliminate standards for health
C) remove standards for safety
D) not put too much belief in science and technology

Question 25

Regulation opponents are more concerned about protecting __________.

A) private property rights
B) mineral resources
C) waterways
D) parklands

Question 26

Which island nation has already lost one fifth of its population to a climate exodus as the sea has been rising?

A) Trinidad
B) Tuvalu
C) England
D) Hawaii

Question 27

Scientists first warned about the possibility of global warming in __________.

A) 1927
B) 1824
C) 1971
D) 2002

Question 28

In African and Latin American countries, the production of corn is expected to be reduced by __________ percent because of global climate change.

A) 5-10
B) 15-20
C) 20-25
D) 30-35

Question 29

A great deal of environmental activism occurs among __________.

A) college-age people
B) retirees
C) high school-age people
D) mothers

Question 30

A prime example of scientific findings being overridden by ideology is President __________.

A) Bush's deletion of the EPA's report on global warming
B) Bush's action on the CIA's report on the environment
C) Roosevelt's action on the Interior Department's report on conservation
D) Obama's action on the American Medical Association's report on health care

Question 31

Moving to renewable resources and reducing greenhouse gases while creating jobs is called the __________.

A) "green economy"
B) "Better World Plan"
C) "Eyes of Nye"
D) "Democratic platform"

Question 32

The Obama administration refers to global warming as __________.

A) climate advancement
B) climate regression
C) globalization
D) global climate disruption

Question 33

President Reagan's desire to limit government regulation led to the __________.

A) appointments of officials ideologically opposed to the Carter administration policies
B) appointments of officials ideologically supportive of the Carter administration policies
C) firings of officials from the Roosevelt administration
D) firings of officials from the Nixon administration

Question 34

Climate scientists have been concerned about the effects of greenhouse gases on the sustainability of the planet for more than __________.

A) a decade
B) two centuries
C) 50 years
D) 90 years

Question 35

The Department of Energy was created by which President?

A) Richard Nixon
B) Jimmy Carter
C) Ronald Reagan
D) Franklin Pierce

Question 36

Which generation is most likely to believe there is scientific evidence for global warming?

A) Generation X
B) Baby Boomers
C) Generation Y
D) Millenials

Question 37

To save federal funds, President Bush transferred environmental regulation from the federal government to __________.

A) private companies
B) nonprofit organizations
C) international government organizations
D) the states

Question 38

When the economy is poor, __________.

A) the environment loses priority
B) the environment remains a major concern
C) citizens are willing to pay anything to protect the environment
D) citizens lobby the government to pass more environmental legislations

Question 39

The major cause of global warming is the release of __________ into the atmosphere.

A) warm air
B) greenhouse gases
C) oxygen
D) cold air

Question 40

Governmental action to combat global warming is curtailed by __________.

A) public skepticism
B) the United Nations
C) reliable information
D) global conflict

Question 41

What is a negative externality?

Question 42

How have environmental justice issues impacted society?

Question 43

What was the Campus Climate Challenge?

Question 44

What is the green economy?

Question 45

What was the Bush administration's attitude towards global warming?

Question 46

Explain some public perceptions of global warming. How are these feelings generational?

Question 47

Why do environmentalists and interest groups often exaggerate their claims?

Question 48

What causes the global ozone hole?

Question 49

The Obama administration moves toward fighting global warming by supporting which resource?

A) ground-level ozone
B) clean coal
C) fossil fuels
D) wood-fired power plants

Question 50

What is the "smart grid"?

Question 51

Explain the differences between the bubble concept and cap-and-trade. What is an advantage and a disadvantage of each to industry?

Question 52

How does the government protect the public from industrial pollution and at the same time promote economic growth? Provide a specific example.

Question 53

What does the EPA do?

Question 54

The student-operated interest group to raise awareness for climate change is the __________.

A) Energy Super Fund
B) Energy Action Coalition
C) Combat Climate Initiative
D) Students Against Climate Change

Question 55

How is the Obama administration's attitude towards global warming different from that of the Bush administration? Provide support for each attitude.

Question 56

What is the regeneration?

Question 57

What was the political reason for President Obama's support for clean coal and biofuels?