This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Ugc Net > Paper 1 > Environment > Solid Waste – Quiz 5 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Solid Waste Quiz 5 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. ..... is the 2nd most common form of waste and includes waste form animals, harvesting crops and trees. A) Animal waste. B) Harvesting waste. C) Agricultural waste. D) Farming waste. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Agricultural waste. 2. What is a positive of incineration? A) It reduces the volume of trash. Also, heat produced can be used to make electricity. B) It heats the air which makes warmer temperatures. C) It releases greenhouse gases. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It reduces the volume of trash. Also, heat produced can be used to make electricity. 3. It is the controlling wastes in ways that reduce environmental harm without trying to reduce the amount of waste produced A) Waste Management. B) Waste Prevention. C) Waste Analysis. D) Waste Reduction. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Waste Management. 4. Ocean trash ends up where? A) In your laundry machine. B) In gyres moved by ocean currents. C) In rivers. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) In gyres moved by ocean currents. 5. Which of the following is not a benefit of composting? A) Reducing the need for fertilizers. B) Providing nutrients to the soil. C) Protecting soil from erosion. D) Anything can be composted. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Anything can be composted. 6. This convention bans participating countries from shipping hazardous waste to or through countries without their permission A) Basel Convention Treaty. B) Kyoto Protocol. C) Stockholm Convention. D) Philippine Agenda 21. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Basel Convention Treaty. 7. Which is NOT a form of source reduction? A) Printing double sided instead of single sided. B) Purchasing the digital form of music instead of CDs. C) Replacing plastic mugs with disposable paper cups. D) Substituting a nontoxic material for something toxic. E) Designing a smaller box for packaging. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Replacing plastic mugs with disposable paper cups. 8. What word describes organic waste (such as food waste)? A) Sludge. B) Garbage. C) Rubbish. D) Leachate. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Garbage. 9. Landfills ..... to prevent common environmental problems. Fill in the blank. A) Dump garbage in the ocean. B) Force manufacturers to recycle. C) Give the trash pile a lining such as plastic. D) Burn waste. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Give the trash pile a lining such as plastic. 10. Which of the following is NOT a benefit of incinerating waste? A) It reduces the material sent to landfills. B) It produces energy in the form of heat. C) It can be used to produce electricity. D) It neutralizes all of the toxic materials. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It neutralizes all of the toxic materials. 11. ..... is the process manufacturing and industries use to reduce waste during the manufacturing process and reusing waste produced. A) Recycling. B) Source point. C) Source reduction. D) Source increase. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Source reduction. 12. Waste from nuclear plants and thermal plants are classified as A) Urban waste. B) Industrial waste. C) Hazardous waste. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Industrial waste. 13. Which material when placed in a landfill is most likely to cause problems as a result of leaching? A) Glass. B) Aluminum. C) Paper. D) Food matter. E) Plastic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Aluminum. 14. Which method would be best suited for neutralizing the acidic components of waste? A) Sanitary landfill. B) Incineration. C) Discharge to sewers, streams, and rivers. D) Chemical treatment. E) Biological treatment. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Chemical treatment. 15. The total amount of solid waste generated in the U.S. in the last 40 years A) Has doubled. B) Has tripled. C) Has not changed. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Has doubled. 16. Which of the following is not a renewable source of energy? A) Sun energy. B) Nuclear Energy. C) Wind Energy. D) All are renewable sources. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nuclear Energy. 17. In Municipal Solid Waste Management of developing countries select which is not a typical problem areas. A) Operational inefficiencies of services. B) Adequate management of non industrial hazardous waste. C) Limited utilization of recycling activities,. D) Inadequate service coverage. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Adequate management of non industrial hazardous waste. 18. Type of recycling where existing aluminum cans become new aluminum cans A) Quaternary. B) Primary. C) Secondary. D) Tertiary. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Primary. 19. Caused by suspended particulates. A) Dissolved oxygen. B) Hardness. C) Turbidity. D) Acidity. E) Salinity. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Turbidity. 20. Way of detoxifying hazardous waste which uses natural and genetically engineered plants absorb/ filter/remove contaminants from soil/water. A) Bioremediation. B) Physical. C) Phytoremediation. D) Chemical. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Phytoremediation. 21. Discharge of this caused large scale contamination in New York-Hudson River A) BPA. B) Hexabromobiphenyl. C) PCBs. D) Methylmercury. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) PCBs. 22. Why should landfills be far away from rivers and lakes? A) They shouldn't-they should be very close. B) So that the people don't have to see them. C) So that the leachate doesn't contaminate our water supply. D) So that the seagulls dont eat all the food at the dump. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) So that the leachate doesn't contaminate our water supply. 23. The movement of trash cans to the street where the garbage truck will pass, done manually by the waste generator A) Curbyard collection. B) Curbside collection. C) Backyard collection. D) Backside collection. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Curbside collection. 24. Which among the following is not a classification of Solid wastes? A) Industrial waste. B) Hazardous wastes. C) Household waste. D) Muncipal waste. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Household waste. 25. Makes up more than half of the total waste produced A) Manufacturing waste. B) Agriculture waste. C) Municipal solid waste. D) Hazardous waste. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Manufacturing waste. 26. Why did the government have to intercede in the 1970s regarding trash disposal? A) People were throwing it into the waterways. B) People were throwing it out the window. C) People putting waste in open holes that caused chemicals to leach into soil. D) People were burying trash. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) People putting waste in open holes that caused chemicals to leach into soil. 27. Rainwater falling on a dump dissolves chemicals from the wastes, forming a liquid called ..... that could pollute rivers, streams, and groundwater. A) Trash effluent. B) Liquid waste. C) Leachate. D) Runoff. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Leachate. 28. Refilling plastic water bottles and using them again is an example of: A) Reuse. B) Recycle. C) Reduce. D) Replenish. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Reuse. 29. One of the primary concerns of the 12 Persistent Organic Pollutants such as dioxins or PCBs is that they A) Are soluble in water, causing large-scale problems. B) Can be concentrated in the fatty tissue of organisms. C) Are rarely found but very toxic. D) Are found only in plants and disrupt photosynthesis. E) Quickly breakdown into other more harmful pollutants. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Can be concentrated in the fatty tissue of organisms. 30. Which of the following is the most desirable method of solid waste pollution management? A) Landfill. B) Source Reduction. C) Incineration. D) Recycling. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Source Reduction. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesPaper 1 QuizzesUgc Net QuizzesSolid Waste Quiz 1Solid Waste Quiz 2Solid Waste Quiz 3Solid Waste Quiz 4Solid Waste Quiz 6Solid Waste Quiz 7Solid Waste Quiz 8Solid Waste Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books