Environmental Science Quiz

Establishes cradle-to-grave tracking of hazardous waste

• Safe Drinking Water Act

• Clean Water Act

• Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA)

• Resource Conservation and Recovery Act

• Toxic Substances Control Act

Requires minimum safety standards for community water supplies

• Safe Drinking Water Act

• Clean Water Act

• Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA)

• Resource Conservation and Recovery Act

• Toxic Substances Control Act

Mandates the restoration and maintenance of the chemical, physical, and biological integrity of the nation’s waters

• Safe Drinking Water Act

• Clean Water Act

• Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA)

• Resource Conservation and Recovery Act

• Toxic Substances Control Act

Of the following, which is the most serious immediate problem associated with sanitary landfills?

• Groundwater contamination

• Air pollution

• Methane production

• Space consumption

• Odor issues

Is a flammable gas produced by landfills

• Carbon dioxide

• Carbon monoxide

• Methane

• Radon

• Sulfur dioxide

In the United States, most municipal solid waste is disposed of by

• composting

• recycling

• incineration

• ocean dumping

• landfilling

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-3

Which of the following is the greatest component (by weight) of municipal solid waste in the United States?

• Paper

• Yard waste

• Plastics

• Glass

• Food

Which of the following laws gave the EPA the authority to control hazardous waste from “cradle-to-grave”, including the generation, transportation, treatment, storage, and disposal of hazardous waste?

• Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)

• Endangered Species Act (ESA)

• Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA)

• National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)

• Pollution Prevention Act (PPA)

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS2-7

An advantage of recycling aluminum rather than disposing of it in landfills is that aluminum can be

• produced from recycled metal using much less energy than is required for its production from aluminum ore

• produced from ore that is chemically reactive and dangerous to transport, store, and process

• produced from ore that is scarce and found primarily in remote, inhospitable regions at high latitudes

• absorbed by plants and then biomagnified in both terrestrial and aquatic food chains

• leached from landfills in the form of Al3+ ions that could increase the pH of lakes and streams

Of the following strategies to decrease the landfill volume of packaging material from food and other consumer products, the most energy efficient is

• recovering plastic packaging material from the waste stream and recycling it

• recovering metal packaging material from the waste stream and recycling it

• limiting the size of individual beverage containers made from metal, glass, or plastic

• using more packaging materials that are manufactured from raw materials that are renewable

• promoting the use of reusable containers for consumer goods

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-3

NGSS.MS-ETS1-1

NGSS.MS-ETS1-2