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Question 1

ReCiPe

Answer 1

Package of LCIA methods

Question 2

Abiotic resource

Answer 2

Non-living, non-organic material resources, for example

metals, minerals, land, fresh water, air and sunlight

Question 3

Elementary flow

Answer 3

Inflow to a product system from the natural system without
previous technical transformation or outflow from a a
product system to the natural system (emission)

Question 4

Nitrogen fixation

Answer 4

Process by which nitrogen (N2) in the Earth’s atmosphere is
converted nitrogen species that are available to living
organisms

Question 5

Carbon footprint

Answer 5

LCA study with respect to greenhouse gases only. (Can also
mean greenhouse gas emissions from other types entities,
using other system boundaries, e.g. the carbon footprint of
an organisation)

Question 6

Characterisation factor

Answer 6

Scientifically based indicators that are quantitive measures
for environmental impact. Used to “translate” inventory
reults to LCIA results

Question 7

Open loop recycling

Answer 7

Recycling of a product into some other type of product,

often implying a quality degradation

Question 8

Cradle-to-gate study

Answer 8

Partial LCA study from resource extraction to factory gate,

thus omitting the phases of retail, use and end-of-life

Question 9

Dominance analysis

Answer 9

Analysis of LCA results to determin what partis of the life
cycle give rise to the greatest (dominant) environmental
impact

Question 10

Waste hierarchy

Answer 10

Hierarcy of the options to handle waste i.e. recycling->incineration->landfill

Question 11

Carbon footprint

Answer 11

Total CO2 equivalnce