Solid Waste Quiz

Maria has started to compost her food scraps and leaves. This is an example of which of the following:

• recycle

• reuse

• reduce

• refuse

Instead of throwing out old clothes and towels, Janet cut the items up and use them as cleaning rags. Which of the following waste management strategies is this example of?

• reduce

• refuse

• reuse

• recycle

Pollution which occurs by poor disposal of wastes and rubbish is classified as:

• thermal pollution

• land pollution

• visual pollution

• noise pollution

Causes of pollution can include:

• chlorofluorocarbon

• motor vehicles

• industries

• all of the above

Chemicals that are used to get rid of insects that eat plants and crops are called:

• herbicides

• pesticides

• homicides

• carbo-oxides

Air condition equipment, leaking refrigerators, spray cans and burning plastic foams release:

• herbicides

• pesticides

• homicides

• chlorofluorocarbon

Diseases caused by air pollution include:

• lung cancer

• respiratory illness

• skin diseases

• all of the above

Which two materials constitute most of our everyday garbage?

• old furniture and appliances

• plastic and styrofoam

• scraps from kitchen and garden

• stationary and machinery

Which human activity causes maximum environmental pollution both regionally and globally?

• agriculture

• mining

• industrialization

• urbanization

What is the collection of materials that can be broken down and reprocessed to make new items?

• composting

• incineration

• leachate

• recycling