Question:

Answer: a. The use of plants to absorb and accumulate toxic materials from the soil

Question: 2. Which of the following federal laws specifically deals with cleanup of abandoned hazardous waste sites?

1. Clean Air Act

2. b. Clean Water Act

3. c. Safe Drinking Water Act

4. d. Resource Conservation and Recovery Act

5. e. Comprehensive Environmental Responsibility Compensation and Liability Act

6. Answer: e. Comprehensive Environmental Responsibility Compensation and Liability Act

7. Question: 3. Which of the following is the greatest component (by weight) of municipal solid waste in the United States?

8. a. Paper

9. b. Yard Waste

10. c. Plastics

11. d. Glass

12. e. Food

13. Answer: a. Paper

14. Question: 4. Of the following, which is the primary method of waste disposal in the United States?

15. a. Incineration

16. b. Landfilling

17. c. Composting

18. d. Glass

19. e. Food

20. Answer: b. Landfilling

21. Question:

22. Answer: a. Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)

23. Question: 6. In the United States, most municipal solid waste is disposed of by

24. a. Composting

25. b. Recycling

26. c. Incineration

27. d. Ocean dumping

28. e. Landfilling

29. Answer: e. Landfilling

30. Question:

31. Answer: a. Produced from recycled metal using much less energy than is required for its production from aluminum ore

32. Question: 8. Regulations that deal directly with the disposal of hazardous materials in the United States include which of the following?

33. i. RCRA

34. ii. Clean Water Act

35. iii. Clean Air Act

36. a. I only

37. b. II only

38. c. III only

39. d. I and II only

40. e. I, II and III

41. Answer: a. I only

42. Question:

43. Answer: d. Incineration contributes to air pollution.

44. Question:

45. Answer: b. Using disposable diapers instead of cloth diapers