
APES Ch 18: Solid and Hazardous Waste

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Rachel Ford
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is the main goal of the cradle-to-cradle design approach?
To reduce costs
To eliminate waste by converting it to nutrients
To increase production speed
To use more non-biodegradable materials.
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
In the cradle-to-cradle design, the cycle that involves decomposition and biological nutrients is called the ________ cycle.
Technical
Biological
Manufacturing
Chemical
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is the definition of solid waste?
Any unwanted or discarded material people produce that is not a liquid or a gas.
Only industrial waste from factories.
Waste that is only biodegradable.
Waste that is only recyclable.
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Discarded plastic items are a threat to many terrestrial animal species, as well as millions of seabirds, marine mammals, and sea turtles, which can mistake a floating plastic sandwich bag for a ______ or get caught in plastic.
A) fish
B) jellyfish
C) seaweed
D) coral
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS3-4
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What percentage of the world's solid waste is produced by the United States?
4.3%
25%
76%
98.5%
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The United States generates enough municipal solid waste (MSW) to fill a bumper-to-bumper convoy of garbage trucks long enough to circle the earth's equator ______ times.
3
6
10
12
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is the average number of new plastic bags used every second in the United States?
1,000
2,000
3,200
4,500
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