A) Special types of hydrocarbons
B) Weak structural components
C) Cornstarch
D) Water
E) Microscopic tears in the plastic
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A) The area and property extending 200 meters around a landfill
B) A contaminated property that is not used to its full potential because of real or suspected contamination
C) A property contaminated by a sewage treatment plant
D) A property that was formerly contaminated and is now safe enough to be used for housing developments
E) A property within city limits that is used heavily but may be contaminated
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A) Contains 90% Chinese waste
B) Is an area of floating garbage roughly twice the size of Texas
C) Is an area where ships dump their waste
D) Has impacted shipping routes
E) Is slowly decreasing in size
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A) Dioxins
B) Lead
C) Cadmium
D) Aromatic hydrocarbons
E) All of these are produced by incinerators
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A) Is useful only for single households
B) Is technologically complex
C) Vastly reduces total waste volumes
D) Is more environmentally costly than landfilling
E) Is not realistic for college students
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A) A higher; enrichment
B) A lower; enrichment
C) About the same; enrichment
D) A higher; to sort
E) A lower; to sort
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A) Reducing the volume of
B) Neutralizing
C) Incinerating
D) Filtering and precipitating
E) Acidifying
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A) Reuse, reduce, recycle
B) Reduce, recycle, reuse
C) Recycle, reuse, reduce
D) Reuse, recycle, reduce
E) Recycle, reduce, reuse
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A) Local topography and drainage patterns
B) Proximity to aquifer recharge zones
C) Neighborhood and community attitudes
D) Permeability of underlying rock formations
E) All of these
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A) Has agricultural wastes
B) Has coal added
C) Is unsorted
D) Is selectively collected
E) Is sorted
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A) Wilderness
B) Urban
C) Rural
D) Nonpopulated
E) Suburban
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A) When exposed to heat
B) By releasing photons
C) As they age
D) When exposed to pressure
E) When exposed to sunlight
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A) Reusing materials
B) Melting or shredding to make new products
C) Keeping intact but putting to a new use
D) Using less of the material in production of a product
E) All of these
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A) Agricultural waste
B) Unsorted garbage
C) Hazardous substances
D) Large household pieces like furniture
E) Sorted garbage
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A) Landfills are smaller
B) Dumps are cleaner and smell less
C) Landfilled waste is compacted and covered
D) Landfills are cheaper to operate
E) Landfills and dumps are the same thing
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A) Plastics
B) Bleached paper containing chlorine
C) Residue from household cleaning products
D) Aluminum foil
E) Batteries
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A) Recycling
B) Burning
C) Preventing the production of
D) Cogeneration of the
E) A combination of recycling, burning, and preventing the production of
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