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[CHAPTER 6 – Water Resources] Potable water is defined as _________

[CHAPTER 9 – Conventional Energy: Fossil Fuels] What does the 1977 U.S. Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act mandate?

[CHAPTER 10 – Air Quality and Climate Change] What is a smokestack scrubber?

[CHAPTER 10 – Air Quality and Climate Change] What is one of the most common chronic childhood diseases in developed nations, and a major cause of childhood disability?

[CHAPTER 11 – Alternatives to Fossil Fuels]  The EPA considers which type of energy to be one of the most efficient heating and cooling systems?

[CHAPTER 7 – Geological and Land Resources] Metamorphic rocks are formed by __________

[CHAPTER 9 – Conventional Energy: Fossil Fuels] How many years are the total world conventional reserves of natural gas are expected to last?

[CHAPTER 5 –  Managing Resources: Environmental Economics and Policy ] All solid waste in the United States is regulated by which federal environmental law?

[CHAPTER 9 – Conventional Energy: Fossil Fuels] Which of the following is NOT an environmental consequence of oil extraction?

[CHAPTER 9 – Conventional Energy: Fossil Fuels] Coal can be converted into cleaner burning products. The most common clean coal technology converts coal to which product?