Solid Waste

Which of the following is not a benefit of the incineration of solid waste?

• takes up less space than landfills

• Does not produce groundwater pollution

• Can create energy

• produces air pollution

Where does most waste end up?

• incineration

• recycled

• landfills

• litter

Every hour, ____ plastic bottles are thrown away.

• 2.5 million

• 2,500

• 250

• 25,000

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NGSS.MS-PS1-3

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

What do you call the waste materials produced by homes, businesses, schools, and other places in the community?

• municipal solid waste

• landfill waste

• incinerated waste

• local trash

Which of the following is not one of the 3 ways in which waste is handled?

• Littered

• Burnt

• Buried

• Recycled

Why did the government have to intercede in the 1970s regarding trash disposal?

• People were burying trash

• People putting waste in open holes that caused chemicals to leach into soil

• People were throwing it into the waterways

• People were throwing it out the window

Rainwater may fall on waste and dissolved chemicals can leach into the soil and surrounding waste. What does leach mean?

• drain

• absorb

• parasitic organism

• evaporate

What do landfills use as layers to avoid leaching of chemicals?

• clay

• cement

• water

• sand

What is used to 'cap' a landfill in order to keep rainwater from getting in?

• clay

• cement

• sand

• asphalt

What do you call the burning of solid waste?

• incineration

• percolation

• cremation

• absorption