Environmental Science Chapter 19
is a risk to the health of living things
A hazardous waste in any waste that
recycling extractors
All of the following are components of most modern landfills except
lemon juice
All of the following are materials that Jay has found in his house. Which of the materials is NOT hazardous waste?
23%
By how much would the amount of municipal waste be reduced if every household in the country had a compost pile?
that consumers have power in the marketplace
Enrique organized a campaign called Bulk It Up at his school. The campaign urged students to buy bulk products rather than single-use items. The campaign was so successful that convenience stores near the school started carrying more products such as juice and peanuts in large packages rather than single-use packages. The response at convenience stores to Enrique's campaign demonstrates
arsenic
Hazardous wastes can be treated biologically with all of the following EXCEPT
62%
If the most recyclable materials are paper, plastics, metal and glass, by what percentage would municipal solid waste be reduced if every person in the country recycled?
4.5
In 1999, the average person in the United States generated _______ pounds of solid waste per day.
renew
Many people remind themselves of ways to help the environment by thinking of the three R's of conservation. Which of the following terms is not likely to be one of the three R's of conservation?
manufacturing processes
Most of the solid waste produced in the United States is produced by
involve using the same item more than once
Reusing and recycling are similar for all of the following reasons except that reusing and recycling
recycling
Used materials such as metals and plastics can be treated for reuse through the process of
source reduction is a method of which we can produce less waste
What is source reduction?
packaging for single-serving items increases the amount of solid waste
What is the relationship between packaging and solid waste?
households and businesses
Where does municipal waste come from?
the quality of breaking into pieces
Which of the following is NOT an advantage that photodegradable plastics or green plastics offer over traditional plastics?
industrial chemicals
Which of the following is a type of waste you would likely find under the category of "Other" in this pie graph?
a wool sweater
Which of the following is biodegradable?
she takes her plastic grocery sacks to a recycling bin at the grocery store
Which of the following is not a way that Nadia reduces her solid-waste production?
run the water while you brush your teeth
Which of the following is not something you could do to help protect the Earth?
eliminating hazardous wastes by incinerating them
Which of the following is the least effective way to manage hazardous wastes?
leachate
Which of the following materials can flow out of landfills into groundwater supplies and contaminate the water?
surface impoundment
Which of the following methods of hazardous waste disposal involves letting water evaporate?
only a fraction of the Superfund sites are hazardous waste sites today
Which of the following statements about hazardous wastes is false?
many U.S. landfills have been filled to capacity in recent years
Which of the following statements about landfills is true?
almost all products made from plastics are biodegradable
Which of the following statements about most plastics is false?
all of the above
Which of the following statements describes why Americans produce more trash each year?
composting could reduce the amount of waste that restaurants, food-processing plants, and animal feedlots send to land-fills
Which of the following statements is true?
aluminum from 30-year-old beverage cans
Which of the following types of pollution is NOT a hazardous waste?
