Question 1

In the U.S., which of the following produce(s)  the largest amount of unregulated hazardous waste?

Accepted Answer

A)   agriculture
B)   households
C)   utilities
D)   military
E)   industryF) C) and E)
G) A) and E)

Question 2

Which of the following is produced by anaerobic decomposition in landfills?

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A)   nitrogen oxides
B)   ozone
C)   carbon dioxide
D)   methylmercury
E)   methaneF) A) and C)
G) A) and D)

Question 3

The amount of e -waste being produced in the U.S. is , and the amount of e -waste being recycled is .

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A)   decreasing; increasing
B)   increasing; decreasing
C)   decreasing; decreasing
D)   increasing; increasing
E)   increasing; leveling offF) B) and D)
G) A) and C)

Question 4

Industrial ecologists _.

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A)   urge an emphasis on internal manufacturing costs rather than external costs
B)   redesign industrial systems to maximize physical and economic efficiency
C)   primarily analyze industrial inputs
D)   advocate taxes on green industries
E)   favor an economy that moves linearly rather than circularlyF) A) and B)
G) A) and C)

Question 5

is/are the intercollegiate recycling competition that began in Ohio in 2001.

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A)   Go Green
B)   The Recycle -or -Die games
C)   The 3R games
D)   The Green Giant challenge
E)   RecyclemaniaF) All of the above
G) C) and E)

Question 6

The first bottle bills were .

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A)   a consequence of landfill regulations
B)   designed to provide glass for road construction
C)   initiated in the 1990s
D)   designed to provide incentives to industry
E)   designed to cut down on litterF) B) and E)
G) B) and D) E

Question 7

pay for the cleanup of Superfund sites.

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A)   State and local governments
B)   The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability (CERCL
A)   Act of 1980 and the EPA
C)   U.S. and Canadian governments
D)   The EPA and the Department of the Interior
E)   Polluters and taxpayersF) A) and D)
G) A) and C)

Question 8

What do the town of Times Beach, Missouri, and the Love Canal neighborhood of Niagara Falls, New York, have in common?

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A)   Both have municipal programs for dealing with e -waste.
B)   Both recently won presidential recycling awards.
C)   Both have banned the use of plastic grocery bags.
D)   Both were built on closed municipal landfills.
E)   Both were evacuated because of contamination by toxins.F) All of the above
G) B) and E)

Question 9

The average American generates approximately lbs. of solid waste per day.

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A)   4.4
B)   1.5
C)   40
D)   9
E)   13.7F) A) and D)
G) C) and D)

Question 10

Deep -well injection .

Accepted Answer

A)   is the EPA -approved method of disposing of low -level radioactive wastes
B)   has been banned as unsafe by the Dept. of the Interior
C)   involves putting hazardous wastes into layers of porous rock deep beneath human water supplies
D)   is a method of disposing of hazardous wastes in deep aquifers
E)   is a pool of strong acids on the land surface used for breaking down e -wasteF) A) and E)
G) B) and D)

Question 11

In general, buying in bulk is environmentally friendly because it .

Accepted Answer

A)   allows consumers to save money by purchasing larger amounts of an item for less
B)   encourages people to eat or use just a little bit more than smaller sizes
C)   recycles materials that would otherwise wind up in a landfill
D)   reduces packaging waste
E)   encourages people to eat less or use less of a productF) A) and B)
G) B) and E)

Question 12

E -wastes are a source of .

Accepted Answer

A)   heavy metals
B)   compostable organic compounds
C)   acid corrosives
D)   ignitables
E)   radioactive materialsF) A) and B)
G) A) and C)

Question 13

In the United States today, the approach that best reduces the volume and weight of municipal solid waste is .

Accepted Answer

A)   incineration
B)   composting
C)   recycling
D)   compaction
E)   sanitary landfillsF) A) and B)
G) None of the above

Question 14

Which decade was associated with the greatest percentage increase in the amount of waste disposed of in landfills?

Accepted Answer

A)   1960s
B)   1970s
C)   1980s
D)   1990s
E)   2000sF) C) and D)
G) A) and E)

Question 15

Heavy metals .

Accepted Answer

A)   are not harmful unless they are directly ingested
B)   become less hazardous over time as they degrade chemically
C)   are unregulated by the U.S. government
D)   become less hazardous after incineration
E)   bioaccumulate in animal tissuesF) B) and E)
G) D) and E) E

Question 16

Recycling aluminum cans saves aluminum from virgin bauxite. % of the energy needed to make the same amount of

Accepted Answer

A)   50
B)   70
C)   80
D)   25
E)   95F) B) and C)
G) A) and B)

Question 17

The Fresh Kills Landfill _.

Accepted Answer

A)   is being converted into a public park
B)   is New York's first and only modern sanitary landfill
C)   is a Superfund site located in Philadelphia
D)   collapsed onto a residential neighborhood because it had been filled to too great a height
E)   will remain open until late 2020F) A) and E)
G) B) and E)

Question 18

can contaminate wastepaper and decrease the value of collected paper and cardboard.

Accepted Answer

A)   Corrugated cardboard boxes
B)   Paper shopping bags
C)   Newspapers
D)   Cereal boxes
E)   Office papersF) C) and D)
G) A) and B)

Question 19

Lining a landfill with a thick tough plastic barrier is a strategy to address problems related to .

Accepted Answer

A)   leachate
B)   methane production
C)   mudslides and trash slides
D)   settling
E)   incomplete decompositionF) A) and C)
G) All of the above

Question 20

In regard to the current state of e -wastes in the U.S., _.

Accepted Answer

A)   because the EPA has classified e -wastes as toxic, more than 95% are being recycled
B)   by EPA mandate, all metals in electronics have been replaced by biodegradable materials
C)   only because of the actions of charitable organizations, the recycling rate is 5%
D)   although the recycling of e -wastes has improved, 60% of e -wastes are still being landfilled and incinerated
E)   the recycling rate has dropped significantly between 1999 and 2010F) None of the above
G) B) and D) D

Exam 22: Metric System

In the U.S., which of the following produce(s) the largest amount of unregulated hazardous waste?

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Which of the following is produced by anaerobic decomposition in landfills?

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The amount of e -waste being produced in the U.S. is , and the amount of e -waste being recycled is .

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Industrial ecologists _.

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is/are the intercollegiate recycling competition that began in Ohio in 2001.

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The first bottle bills were .

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pay for the cleanup of Superfund sites.

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What do the town of Times Beach, Missouri, and the Love Canal neighborhood of Niagara Falls, New York, have in common?

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The average American generates approximately lbs. of solid waste per day.

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Deep -well injection .

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In general, buying in bulk is environmentally friendly because it .

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E -wastes are a source of .

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In the United States today, the approach that best reduces the volume and weight of municipal solid waste is .

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Which decade was associated with the greatest percentage increase in the amount of waste disposed of in landfills?

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Heavy metals .

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Recycling aluminum cans saves aluminum from virgin bauxite. % of the energy needed to make the same amount of

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The Fresh Kills Landfill _.

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can contaminate wastepaper and decrease the value of collected paper and cardboard.

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Lining a landfill with a thick tough plastic barrier is a strategy to address problems related to .

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In regard to the current state of e -wastes in the U.S., _.

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