FREE SCIENCE AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT CHAPTER 16

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FREE SCIENCE AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT CHAPTER 16

APES EXAM QUESTIONS

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Question 1: Composting

Answer:

organic material that has decomposed under controlled conditions to produce an organic-rich material

Question 2: Reuse

Answer:

Using a product or material that was intended to be discarded.

Question 3: Waste Stream

Answer:

The flow of solid waste that is recycled, incinerated, placed in a solid waste landfill, or disposed of in another way.

Question 4: Tipping fee

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A fee charged for disposing of material in a landfill or incinerator.

Question 5: Reduce

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To cut back on the amount of trash we generate.

Question 6: Brownfield

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A former industrial or commercial site where future use is affected by real or perceived environmental contamination.

Question 7: Bottom ash

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Residue collected at the bottom of the combustion chamber in a furnace.

Question 8: Incineration

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The process of burning waste materials to reduce volume and mass, sometimes to generate electricity or heat.

Question 9: Landfill sitting

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The designation of a landfill location, typically through a regulatory process involving studies, written reports, and public hearings.

Question 10: Municipal Solid Waste (MSW)

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Refuse collected by municipalities from households, small businesses, and institutions.

Question 11: Bioremediation

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the use of either naturally occurring or deliberately introduced microorganisms or other forms of life to consume and break down environmental pollutants, in order to clean up a polluted site.

Question 12: Sanitary landfill

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An engineered ground designed to hold municipal solid waste, with as little contamination of the surrounding environment as possible.

Question 13: Life-cycle analysis

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A systems tool that looks at the materials used and released throughout the manufacturing, use and disposal of a product. Also known as Cradle-to-Grave.

Question 14: Hazardous waste

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Waste material that is dangerous or potentially harmful to humans or ecosystems.

Question 15: Open-loop recycling

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Recycling one product into a different product.

Question 16: Integrated Waste Management

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A waste management technique that employs several waste reduction, management, and disposal strategies to reduce the environmental impact of municipal solid waste.

Question 17: Planned Obsolescence

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The process of designing a product so that it will need to be replaced within a few years.

Question 18: Closed-loop recycling

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Recycling a product into the same product.

Question 19: Dump

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a site for depositing garbage.

Question 20: Phytoremediation

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uses plants to clean up contaminated environments

Question 21: Fly ash

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The residue collected from the chimney or exhaust pipe of a furnace.

Question 22: Recycle

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The process of collecting and processing materials (that would otherwise be thrown away as trash) and remanufacturing them into new products.

Question 23: RCRA

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The Resource Conservation and Recovery Act

Question 24: CERCLA (Superfund)

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The CERCLA, a 1980 US Federal act that imposes a tax on industry, funds the clean up of hazardous sites, and authorizes the federal government to respond to the release of heath risking substances.

Question 25: E-Waste

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A generic term used to describe all types of old, end-of-life or discarded electrical and electronic equipment.

Question 26: Waste-to-energy system

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A system in which heat generated by incineration is used as an energy source rather than released into the surrounding environment.