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APES "SOLID WASTE CHALLENGE"

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the 4 R's helps the environment, but does decrease economic growth.

a)

refuse

b)

reduce

c)

reuse

d)

recycle

2.

Check all the examples of solid waste

a)

paper

b)

car battery

c)

cans

d)

bottles

e)

food waste

3.

These are any discarded material or substance that threatens human health or the environment because it is poisonous, dangerously chemically reactive, corrosive, or flammable.

a)

solid waste

b)

hazardous waste

c)

industrialized waste

4.
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
5.
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
6.

Which of the following would be the best treatment for liquid hazardous waste

a)

chemical treatment

b)
incineration
c)

surface impoundment

d)
deep-well injection
7.
Toxic, corrosive, or explosive material
a)
solid waste
b)
hazardous waste
c)
municipal waste
d)
plant waste
8.
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
9.
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
10.
Makes up most of the municipal solid waste
a)
paper
b)
plastic
c)

mining piles

d)

yard waste

11.
A liquid that has passed through compacted solid waste
a)
oil
b)
leachate
c)
fertilizer
d)
battery acid
12.
Garbage produced by households and businesses
a)
hazardous waste
b)
school lunch
c)
municipal solid waste
d)
city water
13.

Third highest type of MSW is...

a)

food waste

b)

plastics

c)

rubber

d)

yard waste

14.
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
15.
Which of the following practices would help achieve source reduction?
a)

demanufacturing

b)
increased use of plastics
c)

recycling

d)
designing goods that last longer
e)

incineration

16.
In what category of waste do paint, household cleaners, medical waste, and solvents belong?
a)
hazardous
b)
compost
c)
municipal solid
d)
industrial
17.
Substances that can eat through or dissolve metal storage tanks and equipment are called
a)
ignitable.
b)
corrosive.
c)
reactive.
d)
toxic.
18.

effluent is

a)

a type of pollution at landfills

b)

sewage

c)

what is made after incineration

d)

a type of hazardous waste

e)

how well you live

19.

The second most abundant type of municipal waste.

a)

food waste

b)

yard waste

c)

plastics

d)

metals

20.

horizontal pipes collect _____ and vertical pipes collect ____in a sanitary landfill.

a)

leachate, methane

b)

methane, leachate

c)

carbon dioxide, methane

d)

methane, carbon dioxide

21.

The 4th most abundant type of municipal waste.

a)

food waste

b)

yard waste

c)

plastics

d)

metals

22.

Which term deals with reducing the toxicity of products produced over time.

a)

the principle of inherent safety

b)

demanufacturing

c)

dematerialization

d)

toxic recycling

23.

recycling aluminum cans to aluminum foil

a)

closed loop recycling

b)

open loop recycling

c)

source reduction

d)

demanufacturing

24.

Newly made pop cans weigh less than old pop cans.

a)

demanufacturing

b)

dematerialization

c)

principle of inherent safety

d)

reducing

25.

most plastics are made from...

a)

petrochemicals or oil

b)

fiber

c)

cellulose

d)

polymers of plants

26.

Using plants to absorb and merely hold contaminants so they don't migrate further down in soil strata.

a)

phytostabilization

b)

phytoextraction

c)

phytotaxy

d)

phytodegredation

27.

Using plants to absorb and detoxify contaminants.

a)

phytostabilization

b)

phytoextraction

c)

phytotaxy

d)

phytodegredation

28.

Using plants to absorb contaminants so they can be periodically removed from a site.

a)

phytostabilization

b)

phytoextraction

c)

phytotaxy

d)

phytodegredation

29.

Biggest problem with phytoremediation?

a)

slow

b)

costly

c)

flat surface required

d)

man-power required

30.

The best thing about bioremediation and phytoremediation is...

a)

low cost

b)

fast acting

c)

works everywhere

d)

safe for wildlife

31.

Radioactive waste stored securely in drums or casks underground would be what type of hazardous waste treatment.

a)

hazardous landfill

b)

deep well injection

c)

surface impoundment

d)

plasma torching

32.

Large amounts of liquid, nonvolatile toxic waste needs to be stored. Which method would be best?

a)

hazardous landfill

b)

deep well injection

c)

surface impoundment

d)

plasma torching

33.

Goal: to identify toxic chemicals being used by industry

a)

TOSCA

b)

RCRA

c)

CERCLA

d)

Pollution Prevention Act of 1990

34.

Goal: to manage toxic chemicals being used by industry

a)

TOSCA

b)

RCRA

c)

CERCLA

d)

Pollution Prevention Act of 1990

35.

Goal: to clean up old toxic chemical spills.

a)

TOSCA

b)

RCRA

c)

CERCLA

d)

Pollution Prevention Act of 1990

36.

largest radioactive, hazardous waste site in the U.S.

a)

Handford

b)

Love Canal

c)

Fresh Kills

d)

Yucca Mt.

37.

A chemical compound that contains chlorine that is formed by the combustion of plastics typically.

a)

dioxins

b)

PCB

c)

Heavy Metals

d)

Radioactive material

38.

when plants incorporate and detoxify hazardous waste.

a)

photodegradable

b)

phytodegradation

c)

phytoextraction

d)

phytostabilization

39.

plastic able to be broken into smaller parts by the U.V.

a)

photodegradation

b)

bioremediation

c)

biodegradation

d)

phytoremediation

40.

recycled glass chunks used to remake glass

a)

cullet

b)

mullet

c)

glassphalt

d)

clinker

41.

recycled glass chunks used to make glassphalt

a)

upcyling

b)

downcycling

c)

closed loop recycling

d)

dematerialization

42.

Industrial design that makes less and less toxic material needed in their processes

a)

principle of inherent safety

b)

dematerialization

c)

light-weighting

d)

demanufacturing

43.

Making hazardous products less toxic over time.

a)

green chemistry

b)

CERCLA's job

c)

dematerialization

d)

demanufacturing

44.

Which of these is not a heavy metal hazardous waste item?

a)

PCB

b)

Mercury

c)

Lead

d)

Cadium

45.

Which of the following would increase the chance of microplastics in the environment?

a)

making plastics biodegrable

b)

making plastics photodegradable

c)

source reduction of plastics

d)

recycling plastics

46.

Which law came first?

a)

The Ocean Dumping Ban ACT

b)

Resource Conservation and Reclamation Act

c)

CERCLA

d)

The Pollution Control Act

47.

Which law encourages source reduction?

a)

The Ocean Dumping Ban ACT

b)

Resource Conservation and Reclamation Act

c)

CERCLA

d)

The Pollution Control Act

48.

The U.S. does this to approximately 13% of its MSW.

a)

incineration

b)

landfilling

c)

recycling

d)

composting

49.

The U.S. does this to approximately 53% of its MSW.

a)

incineration

b)

landfilling

c)

recycling

d)

composting

50.

Which required more money from CERCLA? (its not even close)

a)

The Love Canal

b)

Hanford

c)

Graham's APES grade

d)

The bathroom at WHS after Taco Tuesday's burrito surprise day

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