Lesson 4.10.2.2

4.10.2.2 Ways of reducing the use of resources Quiz: AQA Chemistry, Unit 10

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Lesson 4.10.2.2, Ways of reducing the use of resources: 20 multiple choice questions for the AQA GCSE Chemistry (8462), Unit 10: Using resources, written with Revision Ninja.

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The 20 questions

  1. What are the three main ways to reduce the use of resources?

    • Reduce, reuse, recycle
    • Mine, quarry, burn
    • Extract, melt, cast
    • Purify, distil, filter

  2. Which materials are produced from limited raw materials?

    • Cotton and wool
    • Wood and paper
    • Water and air
    • Metals and glass

  3. How can glass bottles be processed for further use without melting?

    • Burnt for fuel
    • Incinerated entirely
    • Reused directly
    • Chemically dissolved

  4. How are glass bottles recycled when they cannot be reused directly?

    • Dissolved in acid
    • Burned as waste
    • Crushed and melted
    • Crushed into soil

  5. What is the primary method used to recycle unwanted metals?

    • Dissolving in water
    • Burning in air
    • Melting and reshaping
    • Freezing and crushing

  6. What environmental damage is caused by obtaining raw materials from the Earth?

    • Global cooling
    • Acid rain formation
    • Ozone depletion
    • Quarrying and mining

  7. What is added to iron from a blast furnace to reduce iron extraction?

    • Scrap steel
    • Pure carbon
    • Raw limestone
    • Molten bauxite

  8. What factor determines the amount of material separation needed for recycling?

    • Storage temperature
    • Product properties
    • Transport distance
    • Factory location

  9. Which practice reduces the use of limited energy sources?

    • Extracting raw ore
    • Reusing and recycling
    • Burning fossil fuels
    • Quarrying and mining

  10. What is the best resource decision for an undamaged glass bottle?

    • Primary extraction
    • Landfill disposal
    • Chemical incineration
    • Reusing

  11. Why is recycling metal more sustainable than mining new ore?

    • Creates toxic gases
    • Requires more heat
    • Uses less energy
    • Destroys more habitats

  12. What is a major benefit of recycling metal and glass?

    • Creates fossil fuels
    • Increases waste volume
    • Conserves limited resources
    • Enhances mining yields

  13. Which factor must be considered when evaluating resource reduction methods?

    • Environmental impact
    • Company logo design
    • Market share value
    • Employee wage rates

  14. What does adding scrap steel to a blast furnace reduce?

    • Carbon dioxide uptake
    • Steel alloy purity
    • Blast furnace temperature
    • Iron ore extraction

  15. Which action reduces the use of building materials?

    • Reusing bricks
    • Quarrying limestone
    • Crushing concrete
    • Mining clay deposits

  16. Where does much of the energy for processing raw materials come from?

    • Recycled polymers
    • Synthetic biomass
    • Infinite supplies
    • Limited resources

  17. A clay ceramic product is recycled. Which limited resource is saved?

    • Air
    • Sunlight
    • Raw clay
    • Sea water

  18. Which negative factors are reduced by material reuse and recycling?

    • Thermal conductivity
    • Electrical resistance
    • Material density
    • Waste and emissions

  19. Recycling most plastics reduces the use of which resource?

    • Sunlight
    • Limited raw materials
    • Sea water
    • Air

  20. What do reduction, reuse and recycling collectively minimise?

    • Environmental impacts
    • Material strength
    • Atomic mass
    • Product durability

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