Name: _______________________________________________________ Date: _________________________
Long Quiz 4 in Earth Science – STEM 11
Lessons Covered:
Lesson 7.1: How People Generate Different Types of Waste
Lesson 7.2: What is a Waste?
Lesson 8.1: Earth Science: Sources of Waste and Treatment
Lesson 8.2: The Effect of Different Kind of Waste to People’s and Environment
WARNING: No erasures in any form are allowed in all parts of this test paper, otherwise a point will be
deducted for each erasure made. Use of pencils is strongly discouraged.
II. MULTIPLE CHOICE. Read each item carefully and encircle the letter of the correct answer.
1. Paints, solvents, and cleaning agents are examples of 8. Wash water and rain are classified as liquid waste, while
________ carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide are gaseous waste.
a. hazard waste c. organic waste a. The first statement is true while the second is false.
b. liquid waste d. solid waste b. The first statement is false while the second is
true.
2. Which of the following is an improper way of c. Both statements are true.
disposing waste materials? d. Both statements are false.
a. recycling and reusing waste materials
b. using waste food to make compost 9. Which groups of wastes belong to industrial waste?
c. burying waste materials in landfills a. coal, petroleum, metals
d. burning rubbish in the open b. old CPU and flash drive
c. radio isotopes and chemical sludge
3. Which type of waste includes viscera, scales, d. woods, manure, papers
and fish bones?
a. agricultural c. fishery waste 10. When classifying waste at home, Jerry knows that
b. biomedical d. municipal solid ______________ is a liquid waste and ________________
waste is a solid waste.
a. bottle, detergent c. detergent, paper towel
4. Maria religiously practices segregation of waste a. can, plastic bag d. egg shell, ceramic vase
at home. Which of these is CORRECTLY done by Maria?
a. animal manure has its own septic tank 11. Carlos regularly used compost in his vegetable farm;
b. burning of organic waste he considered compost as what type of waste?
c. use the seashore as dumpsite a. agricultural waste c. organic waste
d. throwing tin cans in the river b. non-biodegradable waste d. radioactive waste
5. Mrs. De Chavez plans to renovate her ancestral 12. Containers, jars and bottles are examples of what type
house. She knows that construction and demolition debris of waste?
can be collected by the local garbage collectors because a. hazardous waste c. organic waste
________________. b. liquid waste d. solid waste
a. It is municipal solid waste. c. It can be
burned. 13. Which of the following is an example of hazardous
b. It is an organic waste. d. It is non- waste?
recyclable. a. bottle c. meat
b. batteries d. paper
6. Which of these practices adhere to the 3Rs
waste management? 14. Jose is an advocate of proper waste disposal and
a. Using disposable paper plates encourages other students to practice recycling. Will you
b. Using aluminum foil for food help Jose identify which of the following items can be
c. Using zip lock bag for sandwiches recycled?
d. Using dish cloth in the kitchen a. aluminum cans c. paper cups
b. card boards d. All of the above
7. Which of these groups of people contribute a lot
in the production of waste? 15. In the XYZ power plant, dissolution of radioactive
a. People in urban places nuclides is processed and filtered to the atmosphere. What
b. People in rural areas type of waste is being generated by the power plant?
c. People lives in the mountain a. biomedical waste c. liquid waste
d. People in a faraway island b. gaseous waste d. solid waste
16. Substances that are unsafe to use commercially are b. all of the above
considered hazardous. Which of the following is NOT a
property of hazardous waste? 19. Which is the appropriate definition of hazardous waste?
a. corrosive c. reactive a. Only liquid wastes that is considered toxic and
b. malleable d. toxic chemically reactive
b. Only solid waste that is considered toxic and chemically
17. What is E-waste? reactive
a. eco-friendly waste c. Any solid, liquid or gaseous waste that is considered
b. hazardous chemical waste toxic and chemically reactive
c. obsolete electronically waste d. Only gaseous waste that is considered toxic and
d. waste from nuclear power plant chemically reactive
18. Dealing with waste management is a very important 20. This refers to waste that is harmful or fatal when
task because of the ___________________. ingested or absorbed.
a. infrastructure consideration a. Corrosive c. Reactive
b. large volume of waste produced in the community b. Toxicity d. Mixed waste
c. environmental pollution
II. FILL IN THE BLANKS. Select the word/group of words in the box and fill it in a specific blank space in the text below.
Write your answer on the space provided before each item. Wrong spelling, no points.
**Non-biodegradable **Respiratory problems **Cancer **Urbanization
**Methane **Disease-carrying pests **climate change ** Traps heat
**Thermal treatment **Agricultural Waste **water contamination **Biodegradable
**Blood infections **inhalation **dermal **Biological waste treatment
**Population **Industrial manufacturing **air contamination **Ocean dumping
**Modernization **animal and marine life damage **Ingestion
**Dumps and landfills **Open dumping ** Commercial Waste **Domestic Waste
**Landfill **Recycling **soil contamination **Adverse effect on the local economy
**Industrial Waste **human health damage **incineration **Skin irritation
Waste is classified into two types which is (1.) ________________________ waste also known as moist waste and, (2.)
__________________________ waste also known as dry waste. Sources of waste can be broadly classified into four
types namely: (3.)____________________________, (4.)_________________________,
(5.)_________________________ and (6.)___________________________________. The results of improper waste
disposal occur when either of them becomes contaminated with hazardous materials, includes
(7.)__________________________, (8.)________________________, (9.)__________________________________,
(10.)____________________________, and (11.)__________________________. The burning of waste materials at
high temperatures to transform them into gases or residue is called (12.)___________________________. The deliberate
disposal of garbage in an open space is (13.)___________________ while (14.)____________________ is when
sewage, garbage, construction debris, hazardous chemicals is intentionally discarded at sea.
The method of waste disposal that involves burying the waste in the land is called (15.) _______________________. The
conversion of waste material into new products is termed (16.) ____________________________. The effects of
exposure to improper waste disposal are (17.)_______________________________,
(18.)___________________________, (19.) ____________________, and (20.)____________________ .
The causes of increase in amount of solid waste are increase in the number of (21.) _____________________, increase
in (22.)___________________________, (23.)________________________, and (24.) __________________________.
Human are exposed to solid waste by means of (25.) _____________________ of contaminated water or food, contact
with disease vectors, (26.) __________________, and (27.) _______________________. The impact of solid waste on
environment includes (28.)________________________. Decomposing waste emits gases that rise to the atmosphere
and (29.) _______________________. Waste breaks down in landfills to form (30.) _____________________, a potent
greenhouse gas. Landfill facilities that are mismanaged become the breeding ground for (31.) ____________________
___________ and can have (32.) ________________________________The major treatment and disposal methods are
(33.) ________________________, (34.) ___________________________, and (35.) __________________________.
