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QuizMultiple Choice

Environmental Concerns of Industrialization

Question 1 • GA-GSE World Geography B

Which of the following scenarios illustrates an example of how environmental policies have resulted in the reversal of environmental damage?

Answer
A
Banning CFCs has resulted in the shrinking of a hole in the ozone above Antarctica.
B
Proper regulation by Ukrainian authorities prevented a catastrophe in Chernobyl.
C
New environmental policies have slowed the progress of climate change.
D
Banning certain fertilizers has reduced the rate of eutrophication around the globe.

Explanation

The Montreal Protocol restricted chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), chemicals that damage the ozone layer. As CFC levels have declined, measurements have shown signs of recovery in the Antarctic ozone hole—an example of environmental damage being reversed. The other choices describe prevention or slowing environmental harm, rather than a clear reversal of damage.

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