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Small particles formed in the atmosphere by photochemical reactions of gases found in urban smog are known as:
2.
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Maximum achievable control technology is a performance standard used by the Environmental Protection Agency to control:
3.
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A(n) _____ is an animated, interactive realm of plants, animals, and microorganisms inhabiting an area of the nonliving environment.
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Bias by humans toward members of their own class and prejudice against members of other kind is known as:
5.
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The Montreal Protocol set timetables to phase out worldwide:
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Which of the following are used as refrigerants, aerosol propellants, foams, and solvents?
7.
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Chemical emissions that pose a health risk of serious illness such as cancer with even small inhalation exposures are known as:
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The _____ is required to set national standards for air pollutants at levels that protect public health and the environment.
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Ozone, when present in this major layer of the Earth's atmosphere, screens out ultraviolet energy harmful to living tissue.
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Gases that evaporate from liquid or solid carbon-based compounds and, which, in sunlight react with other pollutants to form urban smog are known as:
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1 point
The theory of land ethic:
12.
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A _____ effluent is a runoff that enters surface waters from diffuse sources
13.
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The belief that history is a narrative of improvement in which humanity moves from lower to higher levels of perfection is known as:
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The primary air quality statute in the United States is the:
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Nonpolluting economic growth that improves the standard of living of people without depleting the net resources of the earth is called:
16.
1 point
Superfund is the common name for the:
17.
1 point
Which of the following is NOT an example of an ecosystem service?
18.
1 point
A treated or untreated wastewater discharge from an industrial facility is known as a(n):
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A discrete source of discharge such as a factory, mine, ship, or pipeline is known as a(n):
20.
1 point
Atmospheric gases that absorb energy radiated from the earth, decreasing its release into space are known as:
21.
1 point
The Environmental Protection Agency:
22.
1 point
The _____ which went into effect in 2005 requires industrial nations to cut emissions of heat-trapping gases an average of 5 percent below 1990 levels by 2012.
23.
1 point
Acid rain is caused primarily by two air borne pollutants
24.
1 point
The basic statute for fighting water pollution in the United States is the:
25.
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The theory of _____ valued nature primarily as a commodity to be used in wealth-creating activity that increased the vigor, welfare, and comfort of society.
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1 point
One of the dangerous indoor air pollutants is ____, an inert, colorless, odorless, radioactive gas found in soil and rock formations.
27.
1 point
The Resource Conservation and Recovery Act:
28.
1 point
Which of the following is an economic system in which private individuals and corporations own the means of production and, motivated by the desire for profit; compete in free markets under conditions of limited restraint by government?
29.
1 point
According to the theory of deep ecology:
30.
1 point
Which of the following, released by industrial activity and combustion, is composed of small fragments suspended in the air?
31.
1 point
The environmental Kuznets curve is a(n) _____ curve.
32.
1 point
Which of the following is an important implication of the environmental Kuznets curve?
33.
1 point
The theory that rejects human domination of nature and holds that humans have only equal rights with other species, not superior rights, is the theory of:
34.
1 point
_____ refer to six natural substances that in large quantities cause the degradation of air quality.
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Emissions of manufactured gases containing chlorine and bromine, when released into the ____, persist and eventually rise into the ____, they are converted by chemical reactions into more reactive gases that destroy ozone.
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Which Act gave the Environmental Protection Agency the authority to manage hazardous waste from "from cradle to grave"?
37.
1 point
Which Act was passed to take care of the thousands of abandoned toxic waste sites around the country?
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The theory that humans are separate from nature because they have the power of reason and, unlike plants and animals, have souls is known as the theory of:
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1 point
_____ is the ethical philosophy of the greatest good for the greatest number.
40.
1 point
_____ is formed in the air by chemical reactions between nitrogen dioxide and volatile organic compounds.
41.
1 point
The National Pollution Discharge Elimination System is the permit system used to regulate:
42.
1 point
The estimated burden of disease caused by pollution is calculated as the percentage of deaths and:
43.
1 point
According to this theory, humans are part of an ethical community that includes not only other human beings but all elements of the natural environment.
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Which of the following is the predominant greenhouse gas, which makes up about 85 percent of greenhouse gas emissions?
45.
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The slender margin atop the earth's surface that supports life is called the:
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