4.01 Quiz Modern Environmental Concerns

Question: Which of the following types of pollution is not linked to coal-burning power plant emissions?

Answer: ozone hole

Question: The Great Stink of 1858 refers to which of the following types of pollution?

Answer: water pollution in the river Thames

Question: Which agency of the U.S. government is responsible for regulating pollution?

Answer: Environmental Protection Agency

Question: How do you tell what is the optimum level of acceptable pollution?

Answer: when the costs of cleaning up pollution equal the benefits of the cleanup

Question: What type of pollution is smog?

Answer: air pollution

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