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Question 1

Clean Air Act

Answer 1

Established national air quality standards for primary and secondary pollutants

Question 2

NEPA

Answer 2

Environmental impact statements must be prepared for any federal project

Question 3

Kyoto Protocol

Answer 3

Agreement among nations to reduce greenhouse

Question 4

Endangered Species Act

Answer 4

Identifies endangered and threatened species in the US and puts their protection ahead of monetary gains

Question 5

Montreal Protocol

Answer 5

An agreement among nations to phase out ozone depleting substances

Question 6

Superfund Act

Answer 6

Is associated with CERCLA

Question 7

Three mile island

Answer 7

March 1979, loss of coolant water and mechanical failures led to a partial meltdown of Reactor #1

Question 8

Fukushima, Japan

Answer 8

March 2011, Nuclear Reactor meltdown as a result of a tsunami triggered by an earthquake

Question 9

Chernobyl, Ukraine

Answer 9

April 1986, a series of explosions led to a complete meltdown and explosion of a nuclear reactor

Question 10

San Andreas Fault

Answer 10

Example of a transform fault sliding plate boundary

Question 11

Mid Atlantic Ridge

Answer 11

Divergent boundary where new crust is being formed

Question 12

Himalayan Mountains

Answer 12

Region of continental-continental convergence

Question 13

Andes Mountains

Answer 13

Region of oceanic-continental convergence

Question 14

Japan

Answer 14

Volcanic Island Arc

Question 15

What does Acid Rain release

Answer 15

Aluminum

Question 16

Greenhouse gasses
Least - most strongest

Answer 16

CO2
CH4
CAFOs
N2O
CFCs

Question 17

Convection cycles

Answer 17

cause wind

Question 18

How does salinization occur?

Answer 18

Accumulation of salts from water. Arid/Semi arid regions. Salt stunts plant growth and kills them

Question 19

How to fix salinization

Answer 19

Flush with freshwater or grow salt tolerant crops

Question 20

How does desertification occur?

Answer 20

Soil used in a non-sustainable way becomes more desert-like. Common in marginal lands due to over-grazing, non-native plants,etc.

Question 21

How to fix desertification

Answer 21

Add organic matter and plant native species

Question 22

How does waterlogging occur?

Answer 22

Soil becomes saturated by irrigation or precipitation, the water table rises and plants drown.

Question 23

How to fix waterlogging

Answer 23

Add humus or organic matter to absorb water like a sponge, OR, make holes in the soil (aerate) to promote drainage