20. ASU - BIO130 - Intro Environmental Sci - 5.20
Lab correctly answered to pass
1. Which of these countries produces the most waste per United
States
person?
Canada
China
Russia
Australia
United
States
Mexico
2. How has per capita mass solid waste (MSW) a
changed from 1960 to 2014? m
o
It has decreased a u
lot. It has n
increased a lot. t
It has remained about the same since 1990.
A
3. How has per capita mass solid waste (MSW)
changed from 1990 to 2014?
l
o
It has remained about the same since
t
1990. It has decreased a lot.
It has increased a lot.
l
4. How does the amount of waste that we (all e
people in the U.S.) create compare with the s
amounts we gener- ated we in 1960? s
A little bit less t
About the same h
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an we used to A little It has increased a lot.
bit more
A lot more
It has remained about
the same since 1990.
A lot more
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Lab correctly answered to pass
5. How has the amount (%) of solid waste that It has increased
gets recy- cled or composted changed since signifi- cantly
1960?
It has increased
significantly It has
decreased significantly The percentage has
ap- proximately
6. How has the amount (%) of solid waste that doubled from 16% to
gets recy- cled or composted changed since 34.6%.
1990?
The percentage has approximately doubled
from 16% to 34.6%.
The percentage has approximately dropped by
half from 34.6% to 16%. A little more than half
7. Approximately what % of waste went to a
landfill (i.e.,
was not recycled, composted or combusted) in 2014 in (52.6%)
the U.S.?
Only about one third
(34.6%). A little more than
half (52.6%)
A very small amount (about 13%).
Almost all of it (90%).
8. Which statement best summarizes the changes in the Hmmm, it's
kind of a
amount of solid waste (MSW) generated and recycling good
news/bad news sto-
habits from the 1960s to now?
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Lab correctly answered to pass
1. Which of these countries produces the most waste per United
States
person?
Canada
China
Russia
Australia
United
States
Mexico
2. How has per capita mass solid waste (MSW) a
changed from 1960 to 2014? m
o
It has decreased a u
lot. It has n
increased a lot. t
It has remained about the same since 1990.
A
3. How has per capita mass solid waste (MSW)
changed from 1990 to 2014?
l
o
It has remained about the same since
t
1990. It has decreased a lot.
It has increased a lot.
l
4. How does the amount of waste that we (all e
people in the U.S.) create compare with the s
amounts we gener- ated we in 1960? s
A little bit less t
About the same h
1/
17
,20. ASU - BIO130 - Intro Environmental Sci - 5.20
Lab correctly answered to pass
an we used to A little It has increased a lot.
bit more
A lot more
It has remained about
the same since 1990.
A lot more
2/
17
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Lab correctly answered to pass
5. How has the amount (%) of solid waste that It has increased
gets recy- cled or composted changed since signifi- cantly
1960?
It has increased
significantly It has
decreased significantly The percentage has
ap- proximately
6. How has the amount (%) of solid waste that doubled from 16% to
gets recy- cled or composted changed since 34.6%.
1990?
The percentage has approximately doubled
from 16% to 34.6%.
The percentage has approximately dropped by
half from 34.6% to 16%. A little more than half
7. Approximately what % of waste went to a
landfill (i.e.,
was not recycled, composted or combusted) in 2014 in (52.6%)
the U.S.?
Only about one third
(34.6%). A little more than
half (52.6%)
A very small amount (about 13%).
Almost all of it (90%).
8. Which statement best summarizes the changes in the Hmmm, it's
kind of a
amount of solid waste (MSW) generated and recycling good
news/bad news sto-
habits from the 1960s to now?
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