Grades 6-8 Waste
Grades 6-8 Waste
Grades 6-8 Waste
Grades 6-8 Waste
1. What is a technique for
incorporating environmental
improvements into products before
they are made?
3. Where are "digital dumps"
located?
5. About 50 million tons of
electronic waste is produced every
year, with 12.5 million tons
recycled. What percent of
electronic waste is recycled?
7. What is illegal dumping?
A. Design for Environment (DfE)
B. Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)
C. dematerialization or
lightweighting
A. where environmental health and
safety laws are rarely enforced
B. where there are electronic waste
collections
C. in larger U.S. cities, especially
on the west coast
Grades 9-12 Waste
Grades 9-12 Waste
Grades 9-12 Waste
1. Who identifies, removes, packs,
transports or disposes of
hazardous or radioactive
materials?
3. How is waste classified if it is
unstable under normal conditions
of temperature and mositure?
5. What is an example of a toxic
waste?
A. 25%
B. 50%
C. 5%
A. disposing of waste on public or
private property without permission
B. taking materials to a landfill
yourself
C. throwing a soda can by the side
of the road
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A. hazardous materials removal
workers
B. cartographers
C. compliance officers
A. as reactive
B. as toxic
C. as ignitable
A. lead paint
B. used solvents
C. battery acid
CORRECT: A, A
7. Which U.S. document lists the
kind and amount of chemicals
released into the air, water and on
land each year?
A. the Toxics Release Inventory
(TRI)
B. the Red List
C. the Basel Convention
CORRECT: A, A
CORRECT: A, A
CORRECT: A, A
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Grades 6-8 Waste
Grades 6-8 Waste
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4. Which things belong in the
category of electronic waste or ewaste?
2. What is a technique for
designing a product or building for
the easy recovery of components
at the end of its life?
6. Who does the DEA consider
notifying before an operation
involving a clandestine drug lab?
8. What is the worst environmental
problem with illegal dumping?
A. computers, televisions, cell
phones, small appliances
B. refrigerators, washing machines,
dryers, dishwashers
C. cars, trucks, lawnmowers,
motorcycles
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2. What are the characteristics that
make chemical waste hazardous?
A. Design for Disassembly (DfD)
B. Design for Environment (DfE)
C. Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)
A. a hazardous materials response
team
B. the newspapers and television
stations
C. local city councils
A. chemicals that can contaminate
soil or water
B. people might scavenge things
from what is dumped
C. children might play on the
dumped waste
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Grades 9-12 Waste
6. What is one way to determine
the toxicity of hazardous materials?
8. Which federal agency sets
standards to protect the public from
radiation?
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4. Which of these is an
international treaty to prevent
transfer of hazardous waste from a
developed country to a less
developed country?
A. how ignitable, corrosive, reactive
or toxic it is
B. how soluble, smelly, sticky or
stable it is
C. how reactive, soluble, or heavy
it is
A. the Basel Convention
B. the Resource Conservation and
Recovery Act (RCRA)
C. the Low-Level Radioactive
Waste Policy of 1980
CORRECT: A, A
CORRECT: A, A
A. by testing on cells, tissues or
rats
B. by montoring the health of
people that work with them
C. by testing on insects
A. the Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA)
B. the Nuclear Regulatory
Commission (NRC)
C. the Department of Energy (DoE)
CORRECT: A, A
CORRECT: A, A
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Grades 6-8 Waste
Grades 6-8 Waste
Grades 6-8 Waste
9. What kinds of waste are no
longer allowed in most municipal
landfills?
11. What is the place in a landfill
where trucks unload their waste?
13. There are five stages in a
product's life cycle. Which one is
missing from this list? 1) sourcing
raw materials; 2) transport; 3)
product use; 4) end of life
15. What components of electronic
waste or e-waste are considered
the most valuable?
A. electronics, hazardous waste
and large appliances
B. anything that can be recycled
C. couches, chairs, mattresses
A. a tipping face
B. a weigbridge
C. a cell
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Grades 9-12 Waste
9. What is an example of high-level
radioactive waste?
A. waste from making nuclear
bombs
B. medical isotopes used for
imaging
C. lithium batteries
11. Which hazardous materials can
be made safer by waiting until most
of it decays into something else?
A. radioactive elements
B. corrosive waste
C. reactive waste
CORRECT: A, A
CORRECT: A, A
A. minining it
B. plugging it in
C. manufacturing it
A. lead, cadmium, and other heavy
metals
B. plastics and glass
C. copper, silver, gold
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Grades 9-12 Waste
13. How is waste classified if it can
create fires spontaneously under
certain conditions?
A. as reactive
B. as ignitable
C. as corrosive
15. What is an example of a
corrosive waste?
A. explosives
B. battery acid
C. used solvents
CORRECT: C, B
CORRECT: C, B
Grades 6-8 Waste
Grades 6-8 Waste
Grades 6-8 Waste
Grades 6-8 Waste
10. How do landfills reduce the
chances of liquids seeping out of
the waste reaching the
groundwater?
12. What is understanding the
environmental impact of every
stage of a product's life called?
14. What are conditions like in
"digital dumps"?
16. Which of these is a hazardous
chemical used in clandestine drug
labs?
A. similar to most towns in the U.S.
B. jobs are hard to find
C. the water is contaminated with
heavy metals
A. sodium chloride
B. sodium laurel sulfate
C. hydrogen cyanide
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Grades 9-12 Waste
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12. Who creates maps and charts
of contaminated areas?
14. How is waste classified if it is
harmful or fatal when ingested or
absorbed?
16. What is one class of waste that
is specifically exempted from
federal hazardous waste
regulations?
10. How is waste classified if its
ionizing radiation is close to
background levels?
A. public relations specialists
B. cartographers
C. compliance officers
A. as corrosive
B. as toxic
C. as ignitable
A. as low-level radioactive waste
B. as high-level radioactive waste
C. as ignitable
CORRECT: C, B
CORRECT: C, B
A. by lining the landfill with two feet
of clay and an impermeable
membrane
B. by monitoring nearby wells
C. by monitoring the health of
people who use the nearby wells
CORRECT: A, A
A. Design for Environment (DfE)
B. dematerialization or
lightweighting
C. Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)
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A. fireworks
B. mining waste
C. disposable diapers
CORRECT: C, B
Grades 6-8 Waste
Grades 6-8 Waste
Grades 6-8 Waste
Grades 6-8 Waste
17. For every pound of
methamphetamine made, there are
at least 5 pounds of hazardous
waste produced. In 2012, almost
9,000 lbs of meth was seized. How
many pounds of hazardous waste
was made?
19. What is the place in a landfill
lined with two feet of clay and an
impermeable membrane that holds
the waste?
21. What are the liquids that seep
out of waste over time called?
23. What is a place where
electronics are broken down and
recycled without much regard for
the environment or human health?
A. 4,500 lbs
B. 90,000 lbs
C. 45,000 lbs
A. a weighbridge
B. a tipping face
C. a cell
A. groundwater
B. compost
C. leachate
A. a landfill
B. a digital dump
C. an e-waste collection site
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Grades 9-12 Waste
19. What is it when atoms of
certain elements emit alpha or beta
particles, and gamma rays?
21. What is the time it takes for half
the atoms of a quantity of a
radioactive element to decay or
change to atoms of a different
element called?
A. electron sharing
B. radiation
C. light
A. its recovery time
B. its half life
C. its lethal dose
A. as reactive
B. as toxic
C. as corrosive
CORRECT: C, B
CORRECT: C, B
CORRECT: C, B
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Grades 6-8 Waste
Grades 6-8 Waste
Grades 6-8 Waste
18. What time of day does illegal
dumping usually occur?
20. Why are landfills hard to site?
22. What is a technique for figuring
out how to get a product with the
same qualities and performance
while using less material?
24. Which components of electonic
waste or e-waste are hazardous?
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17. Which hazardous materials can
be made safer by mixing with
materials that neutralize pH?
A. reactive waste
B. corrosive waste
C. radioactive waste
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23. How is waste classified if it has
a pH less than or equal to 2 or
greater than or equal to 12.5?
CORRECT: C, B
A. between dawn and the morning
rush hour
B. between the morning and
evening rush hours
C. between dusk and dawn
A. there is not enough land
B. there is not enough land that
meets the environmental
requirements
C. no one wants to live near a
landfill
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Grades 9-12 Waste
18. What is one of the criteria that
means a facility may have to report
on chemicals it releases?
20. What is the main source of
high-level radioactive waste in the
U.S.?
A. they are located next to a
national park
B. they are in a specific industy
C. they are located in a large urban
area
A. medical isotopes
B. bomb manufacture
C. nuclear power plants
A. Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)
B. dematerialization or
lightweighting
C. Design for Environment (DfE)
A. plastics and glass
B. lead, cadmium and other heavy
metals
C. copper, silver, gold
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CORRECT: C, B
CORRECT: C, B
22. Who makes sure the rules and
regulations for cleaning up
hazardous waste are followed?
A. public relations specialists
B. hazardous materials removal
workers
C. compliance officers
CORRECT: C, B
24. Which federal act regulates
hazardous waste?
A. the Low-Level Radioactive
Waste Policy of 1980
B. the Basel Convention
C. the Resource Conservation and
Recovery Act (RCRA)
CORRECT: B, C
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Grades 6-8 Waste
Grades 6-8 Waste
Grades 6-8 Waste
25. About 50 million tons of
electronic waste is produced every
year. Only 25% is recycled. How
many tons are recycled?
27. The average person produces
about 4 lbs of hazardous waste a
year. The U.S. population is about
300 million. How many pounds of
hazardous waste is produced in the
U.S. in total?
29. What is one of the gases
generated by the decomposition of
organic matter in a landfill?
31. What is the place in a landfill
where a truck's load of waste is
weighed and checked to ensure it
meets the rules for accepting?
A. 5 million tons
B. 12.5 million tons
C. 200 million tons
A. 75 million lbs
B. 1.2 billion lbs
C. 133 million lbs
A. hydrogen
B. methane
C. oxygen
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Grades 9-12 Waste
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Grades 9-12 Waste
25. What is an example of a
reactive waste?
A. used solvents
B. battery acid
C. explosives
A. a cell
B. a weighbridge
C. a tipping face
27. Which kind of radiation is most
harmful to living tissue?
A. ultraviolet radiation
B. infrared radiation
C. ionizing radiation
CORRECT: B, C
29. Which hazardous materials can
be made safer by mixing with
excess inert solids?
A. corrosive waste
B. radioactive waste
C. reactive waste
CORRECT: B, C
CORRECT: B, C
31. Where is spent nuclear fuel
waste from nuclear power plants
currently stored?
A. at Yucca Mountain in Nevada
B. at five long-term waste disposal
sites throughout the U.S.
C. in sealed casks at the power
plants where it is produced
CORRECT: B, C
Grades 6-8 Waste
Grades 6-8 Waste
Grades 6-8 Waste
26. What does the Drug
Enforcement Administration's
"Redbook" have in it?
28. What are some commonly
dumped items?
30. What is a site for the disposal
of all the different kinds of waste
from towns and cities?
A. a list of clandestine drug labs by
state
B. guidelines for cleaning up
clandestine drug labs
C. how to test whether a chemical
is an illegal drug
A. aluminum cans, copper wire,
steel cans
B. household appliances,
construction waste, cars
C. books, newspapers, boxes
A. a recycling center
B. a municipal solid waste landfill
C. an industrial solid waste landfill
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Grades 9-12 Waste
Grades 9-12 Waste
26. What is one way the toxicity of
hazardous materials is
determined?
A. by testing on prisoners
B. from data on the effects of
accidental releases
C. by comparison with data for
similar materials
CORRECT: B, C
28. Which international agency
sets standards for nuclear safety
and helps countries achieve them?
30. Which of these requires states
that produce low-level radioactive
materials to have a place to store
the waste?
A. the Nuclear Regulatory
Commission (NRC)
B. the Department of Energy (DoE)
C. the International Atomic Energy
Agency (IAEA)
A. the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of
1982 and its amendements
B. the Basel Convention
C. the Low-Level Radioactive
Waste Policy of 1980
CORRECT: B, C
CORRECT: B, C
Waste Grades 6-12
EARTH QUEST
Waste Grades 6-12
EARTH QUEST
Waste Grades 6-12
EARTH QUEST
Waste Grades 6-12
EARTH QUEST
Waste Grades 6-12
EARTH QUEST
Waste Grades 6-12
EARTH QUEST
Waste Grades 6-12
EARTH QUEST
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