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- What is the U. S. government agency that regulates toxic chemical spills? Who is its secretary?
- What is the purpose of the Department of Energy? How is it involved with nuclear power?
- What is the purpose of the National Environmental Policy Act?
- Describe why so many people in Palestine, Ohio are concerned about the recent train derailment.
- What is the significance of Hinkley, California, and Erin Brockovich?
- What is the significance of the book "Silent Spring"? Why was it so controversial? Who wrote it?
- What is the significance of Love Canal, Niagara Falls, New York to the environmental movement
- What is a Superfund site? Who regulates it? What is the closest one to your home?
- Name one of each pollutant and how it is being addressed:
a. Air
b. Soil
c. Space
d. Water
10. What is the purpose of environmental justice? Is it working? (Provide support for your answer.)
11. Draw and label the layers of the Earth.
12. What is the purpose of the global Climate Change Conference? When and where was the previous conference held? When and where is the next conference? Is the U.S. in alignment with the Convention?
13. Name the following and his/her contribution:
a. Black environmentalist
b. Black environmental scientist
14. Draw and label the layers of the atmosphere.
15. Draw and label the hierarchy of life starting at the atom and ending at the biosphere.
16. Describe the forestry clear-cutting technique. Is it good for the environment? Why or why not?
17. What is the relationship between timber harvesting, agriculture, and the Amazon Rainforest Forest?
18. What are water rights? Does one have to own the land?
19. Is the global population outgrowing global natural resources? Why or why not? Name the top 5 countries that use the most resources. (Cite source(s).)
20. List five measures that can be taken by individuals to safeguard the environment.