Hazardous Waste & Pollution

Question 1

Hazardous Waste

Answer 1

a chemical
composition or other property that
makes it capable of causing illness,
death, or some other harm to humans
and other lifeforms when mismanaged
or released into the environment

Question 2

Flammable

Answer 2

substances that ignite and burn quickly and easily

Question 3

Reactive

Answer 3

Undergo substances that readily undergo a violent chemical change with contact with other substances

Question 4

Corrosive

Answer 4

Any strong acid or strong base, can permanently damage surfaces including living tissue

Question 5

Toxic

Answer 5

Relatively low amounts of these substances are harmful to living organisms

Question 6

Food Waste: Developing World

Answer 6

Crops spoil before they reach the consumer

Question 7

Food World: Developed world

Answer 7

Restaurants and private residences

Question 8

Biodegradable

Answer 8

Waste that is capable of being decomposed by bacteria or other living organism

Question 9

Lois Gibbs

Answer 9

Organizer for the Love Canal Homeowners Association

Question 10

Superfund act

Answer 10

Responsible for cleaning up some of the nation’s most contaminated land and responding to environmental emergencies, oil spills, and natural disasters