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Semester 1 Exam Review - Part 4 (17.3, 17.4)

Authored by William Wallace

Science

9th Grade

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Semester 1 Exam Review - Part 4 (17.3, 17.4)
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1.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A "low-waste" economy requires society (individuals, governments and business/industry to work toward (1) ________ and (2) ________ most solid and hazardous waste.

Reclaim
Reuse
Recycle
Replace
Recover

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Who said "A clever person solves a problem; a wise person avoids it.”

George Washington
Edgar Allen Poe
Isaac Newton
Albert Einstein
Sir Edward Locke

3.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The "zero waste" movement finds cafeterias and restaurants, national parks and corporations participating in programs that (1) _______ (2) _________ (3) __________ all waste.

Reclaim
Recycle
Reduce
Reuse
Recover

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Why do individuals and grassroots organizations participate in campaigns to prevent the construction of hundreds of incinerators, landfills and treatment plants for hazardous and radioactive waste?

The treatment plants are too expensive
The participants fear health risks from the treatment facilities in their neighborhood.
The participants are just generally against anything their government does.
The participants want the government to force "zero waste" on everyone so the treatment facilities aren't needed.

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What does the acronym "NIMBY" stand for?

nobody in any brown yearlings
not in my back yard
never if my boar yodels
nice inside my bare yokemate
not on planet Earth

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The Basel Convention treaty

bans participating countries from shipping hazardous waste to or through other countries without their permission
allows participating countries to hold annual conventions for sharing ideas related to nasal afflictions
allows participating countries to freely ship non-hazardous waste any where in the world
bans the production, sale or transportaion of radioactive material other than for military purposes

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The United States is the only industrialized nation that can export its e-waste legally because it has not ratified the Basel Convention.

true
false

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