1. Waste Management and Other Stuff
Test Review
Waste Management and Other Stuff

2. This Act’s goal is to manage transportation and disposal of hazardous materials.
What is the major way that waste is disposed of in the U.S.?
In a landfill-the layer closest to the groundwater is composed of—
Aluminum, Paper, Plastic: Which is the most difficult to recycle?

3. 5. Which trophic level of organisms is most susceptible to biomagnification? 6. What gas is generated from anaerobic decomposition in a landfill? 7. Method of treating hazardous waste that uses bacteria-for example to clean up an oil spill. 8. Method of treating hazardous waste that uses plants to absorb and break down toxins

4. 9. People in central Wisconsin are opposed to a 7000 head dairy farm 10. Waste is burned to generate electricity. 11. What happens when wells are pumped too deep in a coastal area? 12. What biome is characterized by abundant rainfall and warm year round temperatures?

5. 13. What is the smallest size soil particle. 14
13. What is the smallest size soil particle? 14. What toxic substance is produced during the bleaching process of paper production? 15. Recycling a plastic water bottle into a park bench is what type of recycling? 16. What does pH measure? Explain the logarithmic nature of the pH scale

6. 17. Apeslandia has a CBR of 20 and a CDR of 10. What is the growth rate? 18. During what phase of the Demographic Transition does death rate start to fall? 19. List and describe the function of two air pollution control devices in an incineration plant? 20. What is the nutrient enrichment of a lake? Lack of nutrients?

7. 21. What are the steps in the nitrogen cycle. 22
21. What are the steps in the nitrogen cycle? 22. Term for the maximum size a population can get if there are no factors limiting the size. 23. What role do downed and dead trees serve in a forest ecosystem? 24. Global warming causes permafrost to melt; melting permafrost releases CH4, a GHG which causes more warming.