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Q.1
Which of the following is/are sources of plastic waste?
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The sea
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Packaging
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Crude oil
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All of the above
Q.2
How is plastic waste a threat to human health?
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It gives off toxic fumes
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It provides breeding grounds for insects like mosquitoes
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It dissolves into the water supply
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It is highly flammable
Q.3
Which of the following statements about plastic waste is untrue?
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Humans generate very little plastic waste
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Plastic waste is light and easily spread by wind and water
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Plastic waste lasts longer than most other types of waste
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Burning plastic waste on a fire releases harmful gases into the air
Q.4
Which of the following is a hazard from plastic waste?
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It can cause cars to skid and crash
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It gets wrapped round boat propellers and causes them to sink
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Wildlife can get stuck in items of plastic waste
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It blows into doorways and suffocates homeless people while they are asleep
Q.5
Squatter settlements create plastic waste that often ends up in the environment rather than landfills. Why?
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Squatters put it there
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There is nowhere else to put it
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Animals come in at night and carry it away thinking it is food
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There are few waste collections so waste is often just left as piles in the street
Q.6
Why is plastic waste a problem when it gets into the environment?
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It rots down forming a gooey mess
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It causes trees to die
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It does not rot away
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Rotting plastics give off toxic gases
Q.7
In a LEDC, why is plastic waste more of a problem in urban areas compared to rural areas?
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Rural populations in LEDCs buy fewer consumer items and packaged items
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There are usually less well-developed waste management systems in urban areas of LEDCs
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Rural to urban migration leads to the establishment of illegal squatter settlements
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All of the above
Q.8
Most plastics are not biodegradable. This means...
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they are easily digested by animals
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they are easily digested by bacteria
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they are not easily broken down in the environment
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they don't contain any bacteria in their structure
Q.9
When plastics are burnt, they release greenhouse gases and produce toxic gases but despite this, they are sometimes incinerated. Why?
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They release a lot of energy when they are burnt
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It is very easy to remove the carbon dioxide and toxic gases from the exhaust gases
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It is illegal to put them into a landfill site
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When they rot down, they pollute the water supply
Q.10
Plastic waste gets into the environment from squatter settlements. What is a squatter settlement?
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A community in which everyone spends more time sitting down than standing
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A community of environmentally-concerned people
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People living in a house that is not theirs
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A community that has been built illegally in or at the edge of a city
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