What event is credited with leading to the passage of the Clean Water Act?

- sewage collecting on beaches in San Diego
- the Cuyahoga River catching fire
- the Chicago River being reversed (to flow into the Illinois River rather than into Lake Michigan) to move pollution away from Chicago
- Lake Erie being declared "dead"


the Cuyahoga River catching fire

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A) ice storms B) blizzards C) snowstorms D) hail storms E) thunderstorms

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A great circle:

a. divides Earth into two planes of any size b. is the dividing line between day and night c. connects the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn d. divides Earth into two equal halves

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Where was India located during most of the Mesozoic?

A. connected with Africa and Antarctic B. the Southern Hemisphere C. part of the supercontinent of Gondwana D. All of these choices are correct. E. None of these choices are correct.

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What are some of the functions of an estuary? Can you hypothesize why it is important to save for

animals? What about for humans? What will be an ideal response?

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