ES Chapter 19.1 & 19.2 Solid Waste Quiz

____________ is a liquid that has passed through compacted solid waste in a landfill.

• Solid waste

• biodegradable

• Municipal solid waste

• Landfill

• leachate

About 2 percent of the total solid waste in the US is made up of _________________.

• Solid waste

• biodegradable

• Municipal solid waste

• Landfill

• leachate

A _________ is a permanent waste-disposal facility wastes are put in the ground and covered each day with a layer of soil, plastic, or both.

• Solid waste

• biodegradable

• Municipal solid waste

• Landfill.

• leachate

A material is ______________ if it can be broken down by biological processes.

• Solid waste

• biodegradable

• Municipal solid waste

• Landfill

• leachate

___________________ is any discarded solid material.

• Solid waste

• biodegradable

• Municipal solid waste

• Landfill

• leachate

Every year, the US generates more than _______ billion metric tons of solid waste.

• 1

• 5

• 10

• 100

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__________ is a method of disposing solid waste.

• Transporting waste on large barges to other states

• Incineration

• Landfills

• All of these

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As the population has increased, total waste generation has __________.

• increased.

• decreased.

• stayed the same.

• none of these.

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The two main types of waste are ____________ and _________________.

• paper and metals.

• biodegradable and paper

• non-biodegradable and metals

• biodegradable and non-biodegradable

Why is plastics considered non-biodegradable?

• Because it is made up of petroleum and natural gas

• Microorganisms have not yet evolved ways to break down the molecular structures of most plastics

• Because it is made up of petroleum and natural gas and microorganisms have not yet evolved ways to break down the molecular structures of most plastics

• None of these

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