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Solid and Hazardous Waste

Total questions: 35

Worksheet time: 18mins

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.
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
6.
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
7.
Makes up most of the municipal solid waste
a)
paper
b)
plastic
c)
manufacturing waste
d)
leachate
8.
A liquid that has passed through compacted solid waste
a)
oil
b)
leachate
c)
fertilizer
d)
battery acid
9.
Garbage produced by households and businesses
a)
hazardous waste
b)
school lunch
c)
municipal solid waste
d)
city water
10.
Cannot be broken down by biological processes
a)
plant waste
b)
paper
c)
plastic
d)
yard waste
11.
An example of something that is biodegradable is
a)
a leaf in a compost pile
b)
a plastic milk jug in a landfill
c)
a polystyrene burger container in a trash can
d)
All of the above
12.
The average person living in the United States produces
a)
about 400 pounds of solid waste per day
b)
about 4 pounds of solid waste per day
c)
about 400 pounds of solid waste per year
d)
about 4 pounds of solid waste per month
13.
Which of the following are problems associated with landfills?
a)
source reduction and composting
b)
surface improvement and leachate
c)
leachate and methane production
d)
all of the above
14.
Hazardous waste is:
a)
corrosive
b)
ignitable
c)
toxic
d)
all of these
15.
All of the following are methods of solid waste disposal EXCEPT:
a)
landfills
b)
open dumping 
c)
incineration
d)
recovery 
16.
A process in which mixed garbage is burned at very high temperatures is:
a)
recovery
b)
incineration
c)
leachate
d)
source reduction 
17.
Which item should you NOT put in your compost pile?
a)
food scraps
b)
autumn leaves
c)
wood chips
d)
plastic
18.
What is the collection of materials that can be broken down and reprocessed to make new items?
a)
composting
b)
incineration
c)
leachate
d)
recycling 
19.
Why is leachate dangerous?
a)
It has toxic fumes
b)
It can leak into our water supply
c)
It can't be processed
20.
E-waste is generated from...
a)
electronics
b)
elevated nuclear plants
c)
elephants at the zoo
d)
EPA regulated facilities
21.

Sanitary landfills have __________ to prevent leachate from getting into groundwater. (CLICK ALL THAT APPLY!)

a)

liners

b)

collection systems

c)

daily layers of soil

d)

garbage

e)

clay soils beneath landfill

22.

Bacteria in landfills perform anaerobic respiration as they decompose materials very slowly. This process creates

a)

methane

b)

leachate

c)

CO2

d)

oxygen

23.

When a landfill closes, it can be capped with soil and used for a variety of purposes. Which of these can be built on top of a landfill? CLICK ALL THAT APPLY!!!

a)

wind farms and solar farms

b)

parks and wildlife habitat

c)

golf courses

d)

schools

e)

homes

24.

Why is decomposition in a landfill anaerobic?

a)

daily compaction of garbage reduces the amount of O2 available to decomposers

b)

leachate reacts with O2, converting it to CO2

c)

methane reacts with O2, converting it to CO2

d)

liners at the bottom of the landfill prevent O2 from getting to the garbage

25.

Building on the site of an old carpet factory is the development of which type of site?

a)

Greenfield

b)

Brownfield

26.

A photo of what item had people arguing about it's color?

a)

Sock

b)

Hat

c)

Flag

d)

Dress

27.

Which Disney show had it's last episode in 2011?

a)

Hannah Montana

b)

Wizards of Waverly Place

c)

Jessie

d)

Lizzie McGuire

28.

Which iPhone came out in 2012?

a)

iPhone 4s

b)

iPhone 5s

c)

iPhone 5

d)

iPhone 6

29.

What football team won the Super Bowl in 2015?

a)

Dallas Cowboys

b)

New York Giants

c)

New England Patriots

d)

Seattle Seahawks

30.

What was the number one song of 2019?

a)

Old Town Road-Lil Nas X

b)

Juice-Lizzo

c)

Senorita-Shawn Mendes

d)

Bad Guy-Billie Eillish

31.
Who plays Obi Wan Kenobi in "Star Wars"?
a)
Samuel L.Jackson
b)
Mark Hamill
c)
Ewan McGregor
d)
Christopher Lee
32.
Who said the words: it's a trap?
a)
C-3PO
b)
Admiral Ackbar
c)
Vice Admiral Holdo
d)
R2-D2
33.
Star Wars: Part IV - New hope was filmed in:
a)
1964
b)
1968
c)
1972
d)
1977
34.
There is no:
a)
White lightsaber
b)
Blue lightsaber
c)
Yellow lightsaber
d)
Red lightsaber
35.
Who said,
“Laugh it up, fuzzball.”
a)
Princess Leia Organa
b)
Han Solo
c)
Lando Calrissian
d)
Jar Jar Binks

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