7G Science HW#20: Chapter 7.4

A waste produced in homes, businesses, and schools is called ____.

• Municipal solid wastes

• Industrial waste

• Biomedical waste

• Hazardous waste

A waste generated by manufacturing and industrial processes is called ____.

• Municipal solid wastes

• Industrial waste

• Biomedical waste

• Hazardous waste

A waste created during a diagnostic process, the treatment of a disease or condition is called ____.

• Municipal solid wastes

• Industrial waste

• Biomedical waste

• Hazardous waste

A material that can be harmful if it is not properly disposed of is called ____.

• Municipal solid wastes

• Industrial waste

• Biomedical waste

• Hazardous waste

Water that has passed through buried waste in a landfill is called ____.

• Leachate

• Sanitary landfill

• Incineration

• Recycling

A landfill that is full of nonhazardous waste such as municipal solid waste and construction debris is called ____.

• Leachate

• Sanitary landfill

• Incineration

• Recycling

The burning of solid waste is called ____.

• Leachate

• Sanitary landfill

• Incineration

• Recycling

The process of reclaiming and reusing raw materials is called ____.

• Leachate

• Sanitary landfill

• Incineration

• Recycling

A poison that will cause you to become very ill is an example of something that would be described as ____.

• Toxic

• Explosive

• Flammable

• Corrosive

A material or substance that able or likely to shatter violently or burst apart.

• Toxic

• Explosive

• Flammable

• Corrosive