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1
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The main advantage of using natural-based wastewater treatment technologies is:

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a) Using a small amount of energy from fossil fuels
b) Using a small area
c) Using water for irrigation (Correct)

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2
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Point out the main benefits of nutrient recycling from wastewater

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a) Saving Resources
b) Saving Energy
c) Saving Water

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3
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Sustainable sanitation integrates functions of

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a) Disease protection + protection of lakes
b) Disease protection + protection of lakes + ecological education
c) Disease protection + protection of lakes + plants nutrients recycling (Correct)

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4
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The most important contaminant of stormwater is

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a) Content of Organics (Correct)
b) Biological contaminant
c) Suspended solids

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5
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The most preferred practice in the waste management hierarchy is

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a) Reduce and reuse (Correct)
b) Recycling
c) Composting

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The least preferred practice in the waste management hierarchy is

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a) Recycling
b) Combustion
c) Landfilling (Correct)

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7
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Waste prevention includes

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a) Use only recyclable products
b) Use only raw materials in production
c) Purchasing durable, long-lasting goods (Correct)

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The life cycle of the recycled product is

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a) Extraction - processing - manufacturing - use - disposal
b) Collection - processing - remanufacturing - use - collection - … (Correct)
c) Extraction - collection - use - remanufacturing

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Composting is the method of

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a) Reducing
b) Reusing
c) Recycling (Correct)

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10
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Landfill leachate is

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a) Gaseous emission to the atmosphere
b) Toxic to the environment and has to be treated (Correct)
c) Compacted waste

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Point out anthropogenic sources of groundwater pollution

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a) Factories
b) Sewage treatment plants
c) Oil wells

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The wastewater sludge is

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a) Mineral part of domestic solid wastes
b) Waste products from the wastewater treatment process (Correct)
c) Result of landfill leaching

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Potential sources of pharmaceuticals in soil and water environment are

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a) Treatment of companion animals
b) Aquaculture treatments
c) Livestock treatments

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Bio…medication is a method:

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a) Improvements of land by protection and improvement of soil by increasing organic content in soil and balancing water content
b) Using micro-organisms to treat contaminated soils (Correct)
c) To remove or reduce the pollution in soil

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15
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Ecological footprint corresponding to:

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a) All the ecological services (Correct)
b) The free layer of soil on the ground
c) Smaller particles of rock, such as till, icess??, sand, and clay

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16
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Pedosphere is

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a) The free layer of soil on the ground (Correct)
b) Smaller particles of rock, such as till, icess??, sand, and clay
c) The crust of the planet, the rock

17
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Land reclamation is a method

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a) Improvements of land by protection and improvement of soil by increasing organic content in soil and balancing water content (Correct)
b) Using micro-organisms to treat contaminated soils
c) To remove or reduce the pollution in soil

18
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Soil remediation is a method

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a) Improvements of land by protection and improvement of soil by increasing organic content in soil and balancing water content
b) Using micro-organisms to treat contaminated soils
c) To remove or reduce the pollution in soil (Correct)

19
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Ecological function of soil are

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a) Nutrient recycling (Aoife says this one)
b) Filtering & buffering
c) Biodiversity & habitat (Abbie & Niamh says this one)

20
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Economical/technical function of soil are

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a) Biomass production
b) Water circulation
c) Substance circulation & transformation

21
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Effects from agricultural activities are

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a) Soil degradation
b) Mass waste production
c) Deforestation

22
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Environment impacts from urbanization are

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a) Decrease of plants, animals
b) Increased pollution
c) Misuse of natural resources

23
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Main environmental impacts of acid rain are

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a) Damage to plants, trees
b) Damage to soils
c) Pollution & damage of rivers, lakes, etc.

24
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The “Green” energy is made of

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a) Renewable sources (Correct)
b) Non-renewable sources
c) Fossil fuel

25
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What was one of the reasons for the environment to become an established point on political agendas?

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a) Increased number of cars used
b) Increased population (Correct)
c) Decresed of ocean area

26
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In hydrology evapotranspiration means vapor flow from

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a) Sea to the atmosphere
b) Land to the atmosphere
c) From sea and land including vegetation to the atmosphere (Correct)

27
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Transpiration is

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a) Vapor goes from vegetation (Correct)
b) Vapor goes from water
c) Vapor goes from water and vegetation

28
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What is the most difficult parameter to measure or determine

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a) Evaporation (Correct)
b) Precipitation
c) Air humidity

29
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A drainage basin may also be called:

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a) Watershed (Correct)
b) Water divide
c) Water receiver

30
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Carrying capacity is

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a) Ecological footprint
b) Environmental capacity (Correct)
c) The population size

31
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Biodiversity is linked to

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a) A large number of the specimen (individuals) of any species
b) A large number of the species in biocenosis (community)
c) High level of variability amongst the species (Correct)

32
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Ecosystem is

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a) Biocenosis (community) and biotope (Correct)
b) All living organisms on any arcavringea
c) All the species in any area

33
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Environmental protection is:

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a) Response of societies to environmental problems
b) All actions that reduce the impact of human activities on nature
c) Activities to protect against environmental destruction (Correct)

34
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Environmentalism is

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a) Response of societies to environmental problems
b) All actions that reduce the impact of human activities on nature (Correct)
c) Activities to protect against environmental destruction

35
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Soil is:

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a) The free layer of soil on the ground
b) Smaller particles of rock, such as till, loess, sand, and clay (Correct)
c) The crust of the planet, the rock

36
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Acid rain is caused by

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a)
b)
c)

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