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WorksheetsHazardous Waste
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Passed in 1976 to regulate solid and hazardous waste disposal
a)
Superfund Act
b)
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)
c)
Clean Water Act
d)
Clean Air Act
2.
Passed in 1980 to set aside money for cleanup of hazardous waste sites
a)
Superfund Act
b)
No Child Left Behind
c)
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)
d)
Energy Conservation Act
3.
Pumping wastes below groundwater level
a)
recycling
b)
incineration
c)
composting
d)
deep-well injection
4.
Toxic, corrosive, or explosive material
a)
solid waste
b)
hazardous waste
c)
municipal waste
d)
plant waste
5.
Often generates wastes that are more toxic than the original substance
a)
composting
b)
recycling
c)
incineration
d)
source reduction
6.
Which regulation requires hazardous waste producers to document how waste is handled?
a)
Superfund Act
b)
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
c)
Landfill Act
d)
Hazardous Waste Act
7.
What percentage of approved or proposed Superfund sites have been completely cleaned up?
a)
400 out of 1200
b)
75 out of 1200
c)
1175 out of 1200
d)
none of the above
8.
Which of the following is not a primary goal of the RCRA?
a)
exploring and developing alternative energy sources
b)
enforcing standards for hazardous waste treatment
c)
recycling and recovery of natural resources
d)
hazardous waste cleanup
9.
Deep-well injection involves
a)
lining a pond to seal it
b)
pumping wastes into the ground below groundwater level
c)
digging wells below landfills to search for water
d)
removing hazardous wastes from below groundwater level
10.
Surface impoundment is a method for
a)
packing a landfill down
b)
disposing of hazardous waste by bringing it to the surface
c)
disposing of hazardous waste by allowing it to settle out and evaporate in a pond
d)
recovering raw material from manufactured goods
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