Under the provisions of the national environmental policy act (nepa), which of the following would require the preparation of an environmental impact statement (eis)? a) construction of a house on privately owned landb) paving of a parking lot for a local businessc) expansion of an interstate highwayd) planting trees in front of city halle) revision of local zoning ordinances

The correct option is C (expansion of an interstate highway).

Explanation:

The National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) is a law that governs the environmental effects of proposed actions of federal agencies before proceeding to taking any decisions. Then the federal agencies are expected to prepare detailed statements assessing the environmental impact of and alternatives to major federal actions significantly affecting the environment. These statements are commonly referred to as Environmental Impact Statements (EIS). The actions that are covered by the policy includes:

-making decisions on permit applications,

-adopting federal land management actions, and

-constructing highways and other publicly-owned facilities.

Therefore expansion of an interstate highway will require the preparation of an environmental impact statement. I hope this helps. Thanks

air exerts forces on falling objects near earth’s surface.

explanation:

the term 'free falls' refer to object that are falling towards the earth, in a situation in which gravity is the only force acting on the object.

for an object in free fall, the acceleration is constant (g, the gravitational acceleration), and so the velocity of the object constantly increases.

for objects near earth's surface, there is always another force acting on the object: the resistance due to the air. this force is opposed to the direction of fall of the object, and it is proportional to the velocity of the object, so as the object falls down, this force increases up to a point when it balances the force of gravity, and the object continues its motion at constant velocity (called terminal velocity). since in this case gravity is not the only force acting on the object, we are not in a situation of free fall.