Name ______________________________ Class ___________________ Date __________________
Assessment
Chapter Test
Waste
MATCHING
Match the description on the left with the correct term on the right.
_____ 1. passed in 1976 to regulate solid and
hazardous waste disposal
_____ 2. sometimes used to clean up heavy
metal waste
_____ 3. includes scrap metal, plastics, paper,
sludge, and ash
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
f.
g.
h.
biodegradable
green plastic
landfill
surface impoundment
RCRA
agricultural waste
bacteria
manufacturing waste
_____ 4. may be harmful even though it is
biodegradable
_____ 5. paper, wood, or fibers
_____ 6. involves settling of wastes while surface water evaporates
_____ 7. contains sugar that is consumed by bacteria
_____ 8. must be lined and must have a way to collect leachate
MULTIPLE CHOICE
In the space provided write the letter of the word or statement that best completes
the sentence or answers the question.
_____ 9. An example of something that is biodegradable is
a. a plastic milk jug in a landfill.
b. a leaf in a compost pile.
c. a polystyrene burger container in a trash can.
d. All of the above
_____ 10. Which of the following are not types of solid waste?
a. coffee grounds, computers, and cars
b. scrap metal, sludge, and ash
c. packaging materials, batteries, and grocery bags
d. methane and water
_____ 11. Which of the following is not a requirement for a landfill built today?
a. It must be lined with clay and plastic.
b. It must be a specified distance from a city or other populated area.
c. It must have systems for collecting and treating leachate.
d. Vent pipes must be installed for removing methane.
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Chapter Test continued
_____ 12. Which of the following
are problems associated
with landfills?
a. source reduction and
composting
b. leachate and methane
production
c. surface impoundment
and leachate
d. all of the above
_____ 13 .Examples of ways that
you can produce less
waste include
a. using canvas shopping
bags.
b. composting.
c. using rechargeable
batteries.
d. All of the above
_____ 14. You can use your
consumer buying power to
reduce solid waste by
a. shopping at discount
stores.
b. buying something only
when it is on sale.
c. using rechargeable
batteries.
d. asking for paper bags
instead of plastic bags.
_____ 15. What steps are involved in
the recycling of materials?
a. composting,
decomposing, and
burning
b. burning, aging, and
putting the material into
deep wells
c. sorting, aging, and
crushing
d. sorting, cleaning, and
crushing
_____ 16. Which of the following is not a
benefit of composting?
a. It keeps organic wastes out
of landfills.
b. Anything can be
composted.
c. It increases the number of
beneficial soil organisms.
d. all of the above
_____ 17. An advantage to green plastic
is that it
a. is green.
b. uses 20 to 50 percent less
fossil fuel to produce than
regular plastic.
c. degrades chemically.
d. All of the above
_____ 18. All of the following describe
hazardous wastes except
a. they may be solid or liquid
but not gas.
b. they may contain toxic,
corrosive, or explosive
materials.
c. they may be cleaners,
lubricants, or heavy metals.
d. Both (a) and (b)
_____ 19. Superfund and RCRA are
administered and enforced by
a. individual businesses.
b. environmental activists.
c. the United States EPA.
d. local landfills.
_____ 20. Ways to manage hazardous
waste include
a. chemical treatment and
surface impoundment.
b. chemical treatment and
landfilling.
c. landfilling and dilution in
large bodies of water.
d. spreading the waste over
large areas.
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TEACHER RESOURCE PAGE
22. Some waste simply does not burn;
incinerators give off a certain amount of
toxic particles and gases, even with
pollution control devices; and the ash that
remains after the waste is burned must
still be disposed of.
23. Advantage: Unlike plastic made from
petroleum, degradable plastics can break
down partially with exposure to sunlight
(photodegradable) or microorganisms
(green plastic).Disadvantage: The plastic
is not completely degradable in that it
does not completely break down
chemically.
SECTION:REDUCING HAZARDOUS
WASTE
Matching
1. e
2. a
3. b
4. d
5. c
Multiple Choice
6. b
7. c
8. a
9. b
10. c
Chapter Test General
MATCHING
1.
2.
3.
4.
e
g
h
f
5.
6.
7.
8.
a
d
b
c
ALTERNATIVE ASSESSMENT
24. Answers may vary. You may wish to give
extra credit for answers that seem
practical and have a good chance of being
put into practice. You may also wish to
encourage the students with the best
proposals to work together to actually
present a recycling proposal to the student
council and the school administration.The
proposal should include the steps
necessary in recycling.
MULTIPLE CHOICE
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
a
b
b
b
d
c
15.
16.
17.
18.
19.
20.
d
b
c
a
c
a
Chapter Test Advanced
INTERPRETING GRAPHICS
MATCHING
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
d
e
f
a
h
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
25. a. 1980; b. about 1987; c. Answers may
vary. Possible explanations might include
that more glass is being recycled while
plastic is recycled less often, or that many
containers that were once made of glass
are now made of plastic.
c
b
g
j
i
MULTIPLE CHOICE
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
b
d
a
c
c
16.
17.
18.
19.
20.
b
c
b
a
b
SHORT ANSWER
21. If the landfill is close to the city, residents
of the city would not want to live near it,
would see the value of their property
decline, and would most likely organize
protests against having the landfill close
by. If the landfill is far from the city,
trucks would have to drive the garbage
long distances to dispose of it. This would
lead to high costs to taxpayers for gas, oil,
and road and truck maintenance, and
would also contribute to air pollution.
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