Quiz#1 (Soil and Land Pollution)

This layer of soil consists of partially weathered or unweathered parent material.

• A HORIZON

• B HORIZON

• C HORIZON

• D HORIZON

It refers to the contamination or decline in the Earth’s land surface or soil quality.

• Solid Waste

• Pollution

• Contaminants

• Land/Soil Pollution

A liquid that passes through the landfill, extracts dissolved and suspended matter from the waste material.

• Leachate

• Sludge

• Acquifer

• Soil Contaminants

It is the first step in solid waste management.

• Reducing of waste

• Generation of waste

• Reuse

• Recycle

It refers to the act of removing solid waste from the source.

• Source reduction

• Generator

• Collection

• Resource Conservation

It is the thermal processing of the waste in the absence of air that produces recyclable products.

• Incineration

• Pyrolysis

• Gasification

• Thermal Remediation

It is referred to as a disposal site at which solid waste is deposited under the minimum prescribed standards of site operation.

• Open dump

• Controlled dump

• Sanitary landfill

• Materials Recovery Facility

It refers to a person, natural or juridical, who last uses a material.

• Generator

• Collector

• Polluter

• Post-consumer

It refers to individual containers used for the source separation and the collection of recyclable materials.

• Trash bins

• Storage

• Receptacle

• MRF

It is also known as the Ecological Solid Waste Management Act of 2000.

• R.A. 9030

• R.A. 0093

• R.A. 9003

• R.A 9300