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Waste Management
Contaminated Sites
Conservation & Preservation
Environmental Policy
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Where most waste ends up when discarded
What is a landfill?
100
The largest accidental oil spill in history
What is Superfund? (or CERCLA)
100
Responsible use of natural resources so that they will still be healthy in the future
What is conservation?
100
Celebrated on April 22 every year
What is Earth Day?
100
The last day of school before Christmas break
What is December 21st?
200
Using something more than once instead of buying disposable products
What is reuse?
200
Enables the EPA to sue companies that improperly dispose of hazardous wastes
What is Superfund?
200
Protection of nature from all human impacts
What is preservation?
200
Book by Rachel Carson about the dangers of the pesticide DDT
What is Silent Spring?
200
The musician with the most Grammy nominations for next year
Who is Beyonce?
300
Creating new products out of old products that have been melted, crushed, or pulped
What is recycling?
300
An abandoned property that may have been contaminated in the past
What is a brownfield?
300
When a group resource, such as a fishery, is depleted by individuals acting in their own self interest
What is Tragedy of the Commons?
300
International agreement among developed and developing countries to limit greenhouse gas emissions
What is the Paris Agreement?
300
The name of the new Star Wars movie coming out this month
What is Rogue One?
400
Consuming less or using less new material
What is source reduction?
400
Neighborhood in Niagara Falls that received national attention for improper toxic chemical disposal
What is Love Canal?
400
Strictly protected preservationist land, established by the Wilderness Act
What is a designated wilderness area?
400
The level of government responsible for zoning rules, such as allowing industrial plants to build at a certain location
What is local government?
400
The 4 college football teams that made this year's playoffs
What are Alabama, Clemson, Oregon, and Washington?
500
Extracting energy or precious material, such as composting
What is recovery?
500
Equal protection from pollution and environmental hazards
What is environmental justice?
500
Famous preservationist who advocated for the National Parks System and founded the Sierra Club
Who is John Muir?
500
The maximum acceptable increase in global average temperature, according to the Paris Agreement
What is 2 degrees Celsius?
500
The candidates in Saturday's runoff Senate election
Who are Joe Kennedy (R) and Foster Campbell (D)?