FOCUS - Mrs. Kilpatrick
Earth Day '98
Website Worksheet
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Use the website http://www.wilderness.org to answer the following questions using complete sentences.

1. What is the title of this site?

2. What is the significance of Senator Nelson?

3. What is Senator Nelson's first name?

4. When is Earth Day celebrated?

5. When was the FIRST Earth Day celebrated? Where? Why?

6. When was Senator Nelson born? Where?

7. What colleges did Senator Nelson attend and what were the
degrees attained at each college?

8. What did the Outdoor Recreation Acquisition Program do?

9. List at least 3 notable environmental achievements of Senator Nelson. 1. 2. 3.

10. What book did Rachel Carson write? What made this book important to the environmental movement?

11. In 1916, the National Park Organic Act created the ___________________ and established the National Park System in order to conserve _____________, ________________, and historic objects for _____________ _____________.

12. What park was established in 1968?

13. The National Wild and Scenic Rivers National Trails Acts were signed into law in _____________.

14. On the 1st Earth Day, approximately _____ million people participated in Earth Day demonstrations and activities across the country.

15. In 1988, there were 4 wilderness bills passed. List the states each was passed for and what each bill did or said.

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16. In what year was the bald eagle taken off the endangered species list?

17. The National Wildlife Refuge Improvement Act of 1997 does what?

18. Who is Aldo Leopold?

19. What did Aldo Leopold write?

20. What did Aldo Leopold do for the environmental movement?

21. Who is Mardy Murie and what did she do? What honor did she receive?

22. Take the Earth Day quiz. How did you do? ??

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