Lesson 3.2.3.6
3.2.3.6 Urban waste and its disposal Quiz: AQA Geography, Unit 2
20 questions
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The 20 questions
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Besides personal consumption, what is a primary source of urban physical waste?
- Commercial activity
- Atmospheric fallout
- Subsistence agriculture
- Volcanic ash
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Which waste disposal method involves burning trash to produce energy and reduce volume?
- Open composting
- Incineration
- Landfill burial
- Ocean submergence
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Which toxic liquid pollutant commonly leaks from poorly managed urban landfill sites?
- Acid rain
- Radioactive slag
- Leachate
- Siltation
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Which waste disposal method reduces the volume of waste most, but produces air emissions that require controls?
- Incineration
- Landfill burial
- Submergence
- Unregulated dumping
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What is a key environmental benefit of recycling compared to landfill disposal?
- Higher methane emissions
- Greater land use
- Material recovery
- Increased leachate production
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Which waste management process breaks down organic waste without oxygen to produce energy?
- Landfill capping
- Open dumping
- Anaerobic digestion
- Incineration
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What human factor most strongly influences the overall composition of urban waste?
- Urban latitude
- Prevailing winds
- Local geology
- Lifestyle and wealth
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What is a major environmental risk of unregulated urban waste disposal?
- Energy recovery
- Reduced land use
- Water contamination
- Resource recycling
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Which environmental risk is uniquely associated with urban landfill sites?
- Particulate matter
- Ash generation
- Leachate production
- Dioxin emissions
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Why might a land-scarce city choose incineration over landfill?
- Eliminated hazardous waste
- Lower capital costs
- Volume reduction
- Zero atmospheric emissions
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Which waste disposal method involves dumping urban waste directly into the sea?
- Burial
- Composting
- Submergence
- Incineration
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What metric best measures the success of an urban recycling programme?
- Landfill diversion rate
- Bin collection count
- Incineration capacity
- Total waste volume
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What is a major environmental concern regarding the international trade of waste?
- Improved local processing
- High recycling efficiency
- Reduced transport emissions
- Exporting pollution
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A city produces 400,000 tonnes of waste a year, and 120,000 tonnes are recycled. What percentage of waste is recycled?
- 30%
- 12%
- 40%
- 33%
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Which engineering feature prevents landfill leachate from contaminating groundwater?
- Methane gas flare
- Open drainage ditch
- Surface soil cap
- Impermeable liner
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Which process reduces landfill methane emissions by breaking down organic waste naturally?
- Anaerobic digestion
- Deep underground burial
- Ocean submergence
- Waste incineration
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Which strategy is prioritized at the top of the waste hierarchy?
- Waste prevention
- Energy recovery
- Material recycling
- Landfill burial
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Which trend indicates that a city is achieving more sustainable waste management?
- Falling recycling rates
- Rising submergence levels
- Increasing waste production
- Decreasing landfill tonnage
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Which tool evaluates the total environmental impact of a waste disposal method?
- Environmental impact survey
- Lifecycle assessment
- Cost-benefit analysis
- Carbon credit audit
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Which type of waste is primarily produced by urban construction and commercial activity?
- Municipal organic waste
- Demolition rubble
- Electronic consumer waste
- Hazardous household waste
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