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WorksheetsSolid, Toxic, and Hazardous Waste
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 42mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
A steady flow of varied waste is
a)
waste stream
b)
waste flow
c)
waste river
d)
The Mississippi
2.
Solid waste disposal is regulated and controlled that is otherwise known as
a)
Sanitary landfills
b)
Unsanitary landfills
c)
sanitary land
d)
unsanitary land
3.
Another name for waste-to-energy
a)
Energy recovery
b)
manufacturing
c)
Landfills
d)
Greenhouse gas
4.
What is the leading country in recycling?
a)
Japan
b)
Germany
c)
U.S.A.
d)
Vatican City
5.
What is the leading country in incineration?
a)
The United Kingdom
b)
U.S.A.
c)
Afghanistan
d)
Mexico
6.
What is the leading country in composting?
a)
Belgium
b)
U.S.A.
c)
North Korea
d)
Germany
7.
What country has the largest amount of landfills?
a)
Germany
b)
U.S.A.
c)
Trinidad and Tobego
d)
China
8.
What industry is responsible for 22% of hazardous waste produced?
a)
metal processing and mining
b)
Obama care
c)
chemical and petroleum industries
d)
All of the above listed options are false, thus, I choose this option
9.
What industry is responsible for nearly 3/4 of hazardous waste produced in the United States in 2002?
a)
Chemical and petroleum industry
b)
Meteal processing and mini
c)
All other industries
d)
none of the above
10.
What is the most recycled municipal solid waste?
a)
paper
b)
glass
c)
plastics
d)
Water
11.
What solid municipal waste is least commonly recycled?
a)
food scraps
b)
wood
c)
plastics
d)
Glass
12.
What country recycles about half of its total municipal solid waste?
a)
Japan
b)
U.S.A.
c)
Greenland
d)
Denmark
13.
Approximately how much does it cost to make a garbage incinerator (USD: U.S. Dollar)?
a)
100-300 million USD
b)
1.3 billion USD
c)
1-3 billion USD
d)
1-3 million USD
14.
How many tons of garbage can an incenerator burn daily?
a)
45,000
b)
450
c)
4,500
d)
450,000
15.
What is one element found in incinerator ash?
a)
lead
b)
Calcium
c)
Uranium
d)
Brellium
16.
What was the value of aluminum per ton in 1999?
a)
$700
b)
$7,000
c)
$70
d)
$7
17.
What was the price per ton of newsprint in 1999?
a)
$42
b)
$420
c)
$57
d)
$570
18.
How many household appliances do Americans throw away anually?
a)
54 million
b)
12 million
c)
300 million
d)
1 Billion
19.
What is the average life span of an office computer?
a)
3 years
b)
2 years
c)
5 years
d)
1 year
20.
Approximately 3/4 of what appliance ever sold in the U.S. are in storage rooms and garages?
a)
Computer
b)
Television sets
c)
Radios
d)
Telephones
21.
How many liters of motor oil are poured into the ground or sewage systems each year? (In the U.S.)
a)
200 million
b)
200 billion
c)
321 million
d)
321 billion
22.
How many chemicals can be found in a single persons computer?
a)
700
b)
523
c)
more than 1000
d)
just over 250
23.
What does RCRA stand for?
a)
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
b)
Russian Cycling Racing Association
c)
Resivoir Concervstion and Recycling Act
d)
The Reuse Conserve and Recycle Act
24.
What does SARA stand for?
a)
Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act
b)
Swiss Associates Running Apple
c)
Supplementative Action Reliance Association
d)
Superman Acting Really Ameture
25.
The EPA estimates that there are how many seriously contaminated sites in the United States?
a)
360,000
b)
just over 2,000,000
c)
36,000
d)
Less than 10,000
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