How Well Do You Know The EPA?
How well do you know the EPA?
- 1.On average, how much water do we use to take a shower?
- A.
15 -30 gallons
- B.
5 - 10 gallons
- C.
35 - 40 gallons
- 2.On average, how much water do we use to brush teeth?
- A.
1 gallon
- B.
3 gallons
- C.
5 gallons
- 3.On average, how much water do we use to produce one ton of steel?
- A.
62,600 gallons
- B.
44,300 gallons
- C.
55,700 gallons
- 4.On average, how much water do we use to manufacture a car and its four tires?
- A.
39,900 gallons
- B.
44,300 gallons
- C.
55,700 gallons
- 5.What percentage of the fresh water on Earth is trapped in glaciers?
- A.
68.7%
- B.
58.7%
- C.
78.7%
- 6.At 50 gallons per day, residential Europeans use about half of the water that residential Americans use.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 7.A running toilet can waste up to 200 gallons of water per day.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 8.It takes more water to fill an above ground swimming pool than to manufacture a new car.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 9.Roughly 634 gallons of water go into the production of one hamburger.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 10.What does the symbol of the EPA look like?
- A.
A sun and water wave inside the head of a flower
- B.
A panda in a sun
- C.
Air, water and waste icons
- 11.The establishment of the EPA was done in conjunction with what other US governmental organization?
- A.
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
- B.
NASA
- C.
Federal Housing Administration
- D.
The Peace Corps and USAID
- 12.There used to be an Office of Noise Pollution.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 13.Which EPA program makes previous polluters of a site pay for the site's clean-up?
- A.
SuperFund
- B.
MagicFund
- C.
HardFund
- 14.In regards to the EPA, Bush declared 2003 the year of...
- A.
Water
- B.
Ocean dumping
- C.
Redevelopment
- D.
Urban renewal
- 15.How many Regional Offices does the EPA have?
- A.
10
- B.
7
- C.
15
- D.
3
- 16.Are you allowed to visit inside the EPA headquarters in Washington, DC?
- A.
Yes
- B.
No
- 17.Who was EPA’s first Administrator?
- A.
William D. Ruckelshaus
- B.
Douglas M. Costle
- C.
Carol M. Browner
- 18.Approximately how many employees does the EPA have?
- A.
17,000
- B.
15,000
- C.
10,000
- 19.When was the Clean Air Act law first created?
- A.
1963
- B.
1967
- C.
1970
- 20.In relation to EPA’s regulations, PSD stands for:
- A.
Prevention of Significant Deterioration
- B.
Personal Storage Device
- C.
Position Sensitive Device
- 21.National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) are set standards for wide-spread pollutants from numerous and diverse sources considered harmful to public health and the environment.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 22.When did the EPA issue Mandatory Reporting for Greenhouse Gases (GHGs)?
- A.
2009
- B.
2000
- C.
2005
- D.
2001
- 23.Which one is NOT an EPA office:
- A.
Office of Endangered Species
- B.
Office of Water
- C.
Office of Chemical Safety & Pollution Prevention
- D.
Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response
- 24.How old was William D. Ruckelshaus when he was first appointed as EPA's administrator?
- A.
38
- B.
35
- C.
48
- 25.In the first year of operation, how many industrial pollution cases did the EPA refer to the Department of Justice for prosecution?
- A.
152
- B.
1,000
- C.
754
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