This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Ugc Net > Paper 1 > Environment > Solid Waste – Quiz 7 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Solid Waste Quiz 7 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which of the following is the easiest to recycle? A) Batteries. B) Computers. C) Single-serving drink box. D) Soft drink can. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Soft drink can. 2. A product of anaerobic respiration by bacteria A) Plastic residue. B) Methane. C) Leachate. D) Bad stuff. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Methane. 3. Where do you throw a Tim Hortons cup? A) In the garbage. B) In the recycling. C) In the compost. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) In the garbage. 4. Using a cloth shopping bag instead of a plastic one is a way to ..... waste. A) Redesign. B) Recycle. C) Reuse. D) Reduce. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Reduce. 5. About how many plastic grocery bags do Americans throw away each year? A) 100 thousand. B) 100 million. C) 100 billion. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 100 billion. 6. Which example of waste should NOT be placed in a recycling bin? A) Aluminum cans. B) Milk cartons. C) Newspapers. D) Plastic shopping bags. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Plastic shopping bags. 7. Infectious Waste A) Bagged, labeled, and disposed of in approved asbestos landfills. B) Waste buried in the ground under specified technical requirements. C) Contaminated disposables, needles, pipettes, blood, infected lab animal carcasses, medical wastes, pathological wastes, autopsy and embalming materials, etc. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Contaminated disposables, needles, pipettes, blood, infected lab animal carcasses, medical wastes, pathological wastes, autopsy and embalming materials, etc. 8. Which of the following SHOULD NOT be thrown away? A) Glass. B) Batteries. C) Empty chemical bottles. D) Paper. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Batteries. 9. Exemplified by starlings displacing bluebirds from nesting sites. A) Parasitism. B) Predation. C) Competition. D) Mutualism. E) Commensalism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Competition. 10. The most common method of disposing of municipal solid wastes in the United States is A) Incineration. B) Ocean dumping. C) Sanitary landfills. D) Recycling. E) Exporting. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sanitary landfills. 11. This can be used to produce electricity A) Methane. B) Non biodegradable materials. C) Persistent chemicals. D) Leachate. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Methane. 12. What is biodegradable and should be placed in a compost? A) Milk jug. B) Fruits and vegetables. C) Plastic bag. D) Styrofoam cup. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fruits and vegetables. 13. Which R means creating less waste in the first place. A) Rethink. B) Reduce. C) Reuse. D) Recycle. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Reduce. 14. The most serious environmental effect posed by hazardous wastes is ..... A) Air pollution. B) Contamination of groundwater. C) Increased use of land for landfills. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Contamination of groundwater. 15. ..... are essentially fields or holes in the ground where garbage is deposited and sometimes burned. A) Sanitary landfills. B) Leachate collectors. C) Open dumps. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Open dumps. 16. At the landfill, garbage is spread out into layers, mashed down, then covered with A) Dirt. B) More garbage. C) Water. D) Sand. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dirt. 17. The following is an example of reducing: A) Bringing newspapers to a recycling center. B) Using plastic bags as small garbage bags. C) Using less water when you shower. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Using less water when you shower. 18. By definition, hazardous wastes can have all of the following properties EXCEPT A) Corrosiveness. B) Insolubility in water. C) Disease causing potential. D) Flammability. E) Explosiveness. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Insolubility in water. 19. A ..... is a waste disposal facility where wastes are put in the ground and covered each day with a layer of dirt, plastic, or both. These are better than open dumps because they are organized and the trash is underground. A) Landfill. B) Incinerator. C) Compost heap. D) Aquifer. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Landfill. 20. A systems of tool that looks at the materials used and released throughout the lifetime of a product-from the procurement of raw materials through their manufacture, use, and disposal. Also known as cradle-to-grave analysis. A) Closed-Loop Recycling. B) Open-Loop Recycling. C) Life-Cycle Analysis. D) Waste. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Life-Cycle Analysis. 21. ..... is the best environmental success stories of the twentieth century. Benefits are resource conservation, pollution reduction, energy savings, and reduced need for landfill and incineration. A) Source reduction. B) Waste reduction. C) Recycling. D) Landfill reduction. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Recycling. 22. Once a landfill is capped and sealed ..... decomposition begins. One result is the production of ..... A) Aerobic, nitrogen oxides. B) Aerobic; greenhouse gases. C) Aerobic, methane. D) Anaerobic; methane. E) Anaerobic; sulfur dioxides. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Anaerobic; methane. 23. Residue collected at the bottom of the combustion chamber in a furnace. A) Waste Stream. B) Leachate. C) Municipal Solid Waste (MSW). D) Bottom Ash. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bottom Ash. 24. ..... is any waste that is a risk to the health of humans or other living things. A) Politics. B) Sewage. C) Water runoff. D) Hazardous waste. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hazardous waste. 25. Why is methane dangerous? A) It can get into people's homes and cause explosions. B) It is a liquid acid flowing through landfills. C) It isn't. D) It gets into groundwater. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It can get into people's homes and cause explosions. 26. Which is NOT considered in a life-cycle analysis? A) The item's aesthetic value. B) The amount of energy needed to transport the item to a waste site. C) The tipping fees when disposing of the item. D) The toxic aspects of the item once it becomes waste. E) The amount of raw material needed to produce the item. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The item's aesthetic value. 27. The nation that generates the most trash in the world is A) China. B) Japan. C) The United States. D) Canada. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The United States. 28. The term Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) is generally used to describe:. A) Wastes from industrial processes, construction and demolition debris. B) Wastes from Private homes, commercial establishments and institutions. C) Mining wastes. D) Agricultural wastes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wastes from Private homes, commercial establishments and institutions. 29. Decreased by the breakdown of organic waste. A) Hardness. B) Dissolved oxygen. C) Acidity. D) Salinity. E) Turbidity. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dissolved oxygen. 30. The single largest category of US solid waste is A) Municipal wastes. B) Agricultural wastes. C) Industrial wastes. D) Mining wastes. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mining wastes. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesPaper 1 QuizzesUgc Net QuizzesSolid Waste Quiz 1Solid Waste Quiz 2Solid Waste Quiz 3Solid Waste Quiz 4Solid Waste Quiz 5Solid Waste Quiz 6Solid Waste Quiz 8Solid Waste Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books