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Solid Waste Quiz 8 (25 MCQs)

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1. Exemplified by starlings displacing bluebirds from nesting sites.
2. The most common method of disposing of municipal solid wastes in the United States is
3. This can be used to produce electricity
4. What is biodegradable and should be placed in a compost?
5. Which R means creating less waste in the first place.
6. The most serious environmental effect posed by hazardous wastes is _____
7. _____ are essentially fields or holes in the ground where garbage is deposited and sometimes burned.
8. At the landfill, garbage is spread out into layers, mashed down, then covered with
9. The following is an example of reducing:
10. By definition, hazardous wastes can have all of the following properties EXCEPT
11. 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.
12. 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.
13. _____ 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.
14. Once a landfill is capped and sealed _____ decomposition begins. One result is the production of _____
15. Residue collected at the bottom of the combustion chamber in a furnace.
16. Why is methane dangerous?
17. Which is NOT considered in a life-cycle analysis?
18. The nation that generates the most trash in the world is
19. The term Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) is generally used to describe:.
20. Decreased by the breakdown of organic waste.
21. The single largest category of US solid waste is
22. What do they burn off at the landfill?
23. Which one of the following is NOT a method for handling non-biodegradable solid waste?
24. A type of waste that is poisonous (dangerous if inhaled or swallowed) is
25. A(n) _____ is specially designed to safely hold municipal solid waste, construction debris, and some types of agricultural and industrial waste.
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