Water Pollution
Zebra mussels, Asian carp, Sea lampreys, and mill weed are all examples of what in the Great Lakes region?
Invasive species
True or False, The average global temperature has risen 2.5 degrees since 2005.
A recent poll done by PEW Research Center shows what percent of the U.S. public opinion believes that marijuana should be made legal?
A) 20%
B) 30%
C) 50%
D) 60%
D) 60%
Which percentage of politicians have gone on to win re-election after being previously implicated in some type of corruption scandal?
A) 10%
B) 25%
C) 45%
D) 60%
D) 60%
Which of the Great Lakes was considered “Dead” in the 1960’s due to widespread pollution?
A) Lake Erie
B) Lake Michigan
C) Lake Ontario
A) Lake Erie
What is causing higher average water levels, which lead to flooding?
A) Precipitation falls more as rain than it ever has before
B) Earlier snow melt
C) Pollution
D) A and B
D) A and B
( A) Precipitation falls more as rain than it ever has before B) Earlier snow melt)
Which of the following is the correct number of overdose deaths as a result from the use of marijuana.
A) 0
B) 2,000
C) 10,000
D) 50,000
A) 0
Which of the following influences whether or not a politician will become corrupt?
A) Campaign costs
B) The views of the party they’re affiliated with
C) The money-driven world system
D) All of the above are leading causes to corruption
D) All of the above are leading causes to corruption
What type of pollution is the hardest to regulate, point source or non-point source?
Non-point source
Which of the following does flooding not affect?
A) Displacement of coldwater species
B) Aquatic reproduction
C) Spread of diseases through water borne bacteria
D) Whether MSU students have class or not
D) Whether MSU students have class or not
Which of the following states have NOT legalized the recreational use of marijuana.
A) Oregon
B) California
C) Nebraska
D) Nevada
C) Nebraska
What are ‘Super PAC’s?’
A) A group of people that work to uproot corruption in America’s government
B) An independent political action committee that may raise unlimited sums of money to be donated to political parties, politicians, etc.
C) Financial rewards that come with being a Politician
D) An organization whose contributions to politicians have been cut off by several Supreme Court rulings
B) An independent political action committee that may raise unlimited sums of money to be donated to political parties, politicians, etc.
Approximately how many times can PCBs biomagnify as they go up the food chain?
A) 40 times
B) 5 times
C) 112 times
D) 25 Million times
D) 25 Million times
The polar ice caps have lost a significant amount of ice since 2005, so much so, that they lost a portion of ice the size of ______.
A) Cuba
B) Mexico
C) Brazil
D) Rhode Island
B) Mexico
True or False, Drinking has a higher rate of addictiveness than marijuana.
True
15% of those who drink alcohol become highly dependent/addicted while the NIH estimates that about only 9% of smokers develop a level of dependence.
Which has been a result of one 5 to 4 Supreme Court ruling involving donations from corporations?
A) The voice of the ordinary people has grown louder on Capitol Hill
B) US corporations have lost a substantial amount of money
C) The addition to American politics of the same unlimited contributions that inevitably led to the Watergate Scandal
D) It closed the door on contributions from many millionaire/billionaires
C) The addition to American politics of the same unlimited contributions that inevitably led to the Watergate Scandal
This law, which was amended in 1972 established the basic structure for regulating pollutant discharges in the United States
A) Pollution Act
B) Discharge Act
C) Clean Water Act
D) Water Pollution Act
C) Clean Water Act
What percentage of scientists agree that the warming trends over the past century are very likely caused by human activity?
A) 3%
B) 4%
C) 5%
D) 97%
D) 97%
Which of the following is a health benefit of Marijuana
A) The treatment of Chronic Pain
B) Soothes tremors and lowers spasms for those with Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson's disease, and Epilepsy.
C) Increases cerebral blood flow lowering the risk of a stroke and also the risk of a blood clot.
D) All of the Above
D) All of the Above
True or False; Marko Klasnja found that after examining over 130 congressional corruption cases from the past 35 years, voters with high levels of political awareness penalize corrupt politicians while voters with lower political awareness often do not.