WorksheetsEcology Unit 6 Practice Quiz
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
Most municipal solid waste (MSW) ultimately ends up in a...
landfill
recycling center
incinerator
wastewater treatment plant
Most municipal solid waste (MSW) is:
paper/cardboard
food scraps
plastic
glass
A "lethal dose" test looks for the dosage of a substance that kills ___ of the test population:
10
25
50
90
100
The main component of air in the atmosphere is:
oxygen gas
ozone
sulfur dioxide
nitrogen gas
Chemicals responsible for the thinning of the ozone layer:
HFOs
VOCs
CFCs
NOx
Identifies hazardous waste sites & provides the funding for cleaning them up:
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA)
Safe Drinking Water Act
Clean Air Act
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)
Montreal Protocol
Municipal wastewater treatment systems must abide by the ___ in order to protect the environment from human waste pollution.
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA)
Clean Water Act
Montreal Protocol
Clean Air Act
Safe Drinking Water Act
Which of these would NOT decrease amount of waste entering a landfill?
recycling soda cans
using bottled water
burning cardboard
composting food scraps
A family buys a lake house and removes several trees and bushes from the water's edge that blocks their view of the lake. What form of water pollution could this cause?
toxic
bacterial
sediment
nutrient
Which activity uses the most water in the average US home?
showering
watering lawns
washing dishes
flushing toilets
Which TWO processes below are methods of desalination, that can increase the supply of freshwater?
eutrophication
reverse osmosis
distillation
diffusion
Most of the freshwater on Earth is unusable because it is...
stored in underground aquifers
frozen in the ice caps & glaciers
stored in the atmosphere
readily available in rivers and lakes
The majority of the Earth is covered in...
land
water
Which of these are air pollutants controlled by the Clean Air Act? (There are 3 correct answers)
carbon monoxide (CO)
carbon dioxide (CO2)
sulfur dioxide (SO2)
nitrogen oxides (NOx)
chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs)
Aspirin has an LD-50 of 200mg/kg while acetaminophen (the active ingredient in Tylenol) is 560mg/kg. Which medicine is more toxic?
Aspirin
Acetaminophen
