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APES Legislation Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act - correct answer (1977) requires coal strip mines to reclaim the land Madrid Protocol - correct answer (1991) Suspension of mineral exploitation (mining) for 50 years in Antartica Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) - correct answer (1974) set maximum contaminent levels for pollutants in drinking water that may have adverse effects on human health Clean Water Act (CWA) - correct answer (1972) set maximum permissible amounts of wate...

APES Legislation Question and answers 100% correct 2023/2024Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act - correct answer (1977) requires coal strip mines to reclaim the land Madrid Protocol - correct answer (1991) Suspension of mineral exploitation (mining) for 50 years in Antartica Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) - correct answer (1974) set maximum contaminent levels for pollutants in drinking water that may have adverse effects on human health Clean Water Act (CWA) - correct answer (19...

APES Environmental Legislation Question and answers 100% correct 2023/2024 National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA, 1969) - correct answer Established the EPA & the Council on Environmental Quality Requires and Environmental Impact Statement (E.I.S.) for any project which receives federal $ Occupational Safety & Health Act (OSHA, 1970) - correct answer Provides standards for health & safety in the workplace; provides workers w/ the ability to hold employers accountable for work-related inju...

APES: Environmental Legislation National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA, 1969) - correct answer Established the EPA & the Council on Environmental Quality Requires and Environmental Impact Statement (E.I.S.) for any project which receives federal $ Occupational Safety & Health Act (OSHA, 1970) - correct answer Provides standards for health & safety in the workplace; provides workers w/ the ability to hold employers accountable for work-related injuries Clean Air Act(s) ('63, '65, '70,...

APES- Biodiversity Practice Study Guide Questions 2024. biota - correct answer sum of all natural species of living things biological wealth - correct answer value of biota and ecosystems they form (comprises most of ecosystem capital) genetic bank - correct answer concept that natural ecosystems with all their species serve as a repository of genes that may be drawn upon to improve domestic plants and animals, and to develop new medicines, among other uses biodiversity - correct answ...

APES- biodiversitybiota - correct answer sum of all natural species of living things biological wealth - correct answer value of biota and ecosystems they form (comprises most of ecosystem capital) genetic bank - correct answer concept that natural ecosystems with all their species serve as a repository of genes that may be drawn upon to improve domestic plants and animals, and to develop new medicines, among other uses biodiversity - correct answer degree of variation of life forms wit...

APES Exam Review Questions with correct Answers What is an ecosystem? a location on earth that includes interacting living (biotic) and non-living (abiotic) components. What percentage of energy is lost as trophic level increases? only 10% of energy is transferred from one trophic level to another. What is the Tragedy of the Commons? The destruction of a natural habitat known as a common that was overgrazed by sheep The addition of a limiting nutrient to an ecosystem ma...

APES Exam Review Questions and Answers Already Passed What is an ecosystem? a location on earth that includes interacting living (biotic) and non-living (abiotic) components. What percentage of energy is lost as trophic level increases? only 10% of energy is transferred from one trophic level to another. What is the Tragedy of the Commons? The destruction of a natural habitat known as a common that was overgrazed by sheep The addition of a limiting nutrient to an ecosystem may lead to an alga...

APES FRQ's ALL UNITS QUESTIONS & ANSWERS 2023/2024 LATEST UPDATEAPES FRQ's ALL UNITS QUESTIONS & ANSWERS 2023/2024 LATEST UPDATE River barriers such as dams are an example of which of the following factors that can lead to species endangerment? a. habitat alteration b. pollution c. commercial harvesting d. direct exploitation e. exotic species introduction - correct answera. habitat alteration A population of rabbits with typical variations of traits lives in a meadow with a dep...