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