Land Pollution

Question 1

Land pollution is the addition of undesirable matter to land that:
damage the ____ organisms,

Answer 1

terrestrial

Question 2

Land pollution is the addition of undesirable matter to land that: reduce the uses of the land for ___, ___, ____ or other purposes

Answer 2

agricultural, residential, recreational

Question 3

Land pollution is the addition of undesirable matter to land that: ___ the risk of health hazards to man.

Answer 3

increase

Question 4

Soil Composition: Select all that apply

Minerals
Air
Solid Waste
Organic Matter from plant
Microplastics
Organic matter from animal residue

Answer 4

all except solid waste and microplastics

Question 5

Soil Function: the capacity of soil to support the loads that are applied to the ground above

Answer 5

Bearing function

Question 6

Soil Function: Medium for plant growth

Answer 6

Production or plant growth
function

Question 7

Soil Function: recycling old, dead materials into the raw materials

Answer 7

decomposition or ecological function

Question 8

Soil Function: Filter

Answer 8

Filter function

Question 9

Sources of Land Pollution: Odd man out

a accidental chemical spills
b household solid waste
c improper disposal of chemicals and industrial waste
e. none of the above

Answer 9

none of the above

Question 10

Sources of Land Pollution: Odd man out
a. agriculture
b. mining and quarrying
c. sewage sludge
d. Forestry Practices
e. solid waste

Answer 10

d. forestry practices

Question 11

Source of Land Pollution: Soil contaminants are spilled onto the surface through many different activities.

Answer 11

Accidental chemical spills

Question 12

Source of Land Pollution: disposal of Toxic and hazardous chemicals

Answer 12

Improper disposal of chemicals and industrial waste

Question 13

Source of Land Pollution: Untreated sewage can contaminate land and bodies of water

Answer 13

Sewage Sludge

Question 14

Source of Land Pollution: Open dumping of Solid waste

Answer 14

Household solid waste

Question 15

Fate and Transport of Pollutants in Soil: pollutant might be washed away by ____

Answer 15

precipitation

Question 16

T/f: precipitation of pollution causes no harm to the ground

Answer 16

TRUE - but will accumulate somewhere else

Question 17

Fate and Transport of Pollutants in Soil: pollutant might be washed away by precipiration and will simply ___ somewhere else

Answer 17

accumulate

Question 18

Fate and Transport of Pollutants in Soil: volatile pollutants evaporate causing no harm to the soil

Answer 18

TRUE - but becomes a source of air pollution

Question 19

t/f: pollutant could infiltrate through the saturated soil, in much the same way as groundwater

Answer 19

false, unsaturated

Question 20

t/f: In case of continuous pollution, it may accumulate in the soil

Answer 20

TRUE

Question 21

some chemicals in continuous pollution like heavy metals and pesticides can ___ and ___ through the food chain

Answer 21

bioaccumulate and biomagnify

Question 22

increasein concentration of a pollutant from the environment to the first organism in a food chain

Answer 22

bioaccumulation

Question 23

increasein concentration of a pollutant from one link in a food chain to another

Answer 23

biomagnification

Question 24

One of the major contributor to land pollution

Answer 24

Solid waste

Question 25

three general categories of waste

Answer 25

municipal, industrial, and hazardous

Question 26

waste arising from
domestic commercial institutional
in urban areas.

Answer 26

Municipal solid waste

Question 27

waste arising from industrial activity and typically include rubbish, ashes, and hazardous waste

Answer 27

Industrial Solid Waste

Question 28

waste that pose
substantial danger immediately or over a period of time to human, plant or animal life.

Answer 28

Hazardous Solid waste

Question 29

Hazardous solid wastes exhibits the following (4)

Answer 29

Toxicity
ignatability
corrosivity
reactivity

Question 30

improper SW management implications: (Select all that apply)

a. Disruption of food chains
b. aesthetic problems (eyesores, odor)
c. clogging of sewers, drains & river
d. loss of biodiversity
d. breeding place of insects & rodents
e. surface & groundwater pollution
f. contributes to air pollution
e. Harm to Aquatic Ecosystems

Answer 30

b, c, d, e, f

Question 31

FUNCTIONAL ELEMENTS OF SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT:

(6)

Answer 31

waste generation
storage
collection
transfer and transport
processing and recovery
disposal