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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Respect Diversity.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the authors' opinion, what should factories do?
(a) Help reduce consumption of resources no matter what the effect on profits.
(b) Help people, nourish the environment, and produce good materials.
(c) Help consumers save money and produce efficient energy.
(d) Help industry implement new technology.

2. What happens when garbage is incinerated?
(a) It is compacted into smaller areas.
(b) It is easier to recycle.
(c) It releases many toxic chemicals into the air.
(d) It becomes a more useful material.

3. Which of the following statements best describes natural systems?
(a) Natural systems cannot recycle nutrients or materials.
(b) Natural systems always go through a series of devolutions.
(c) Natural systems waste more energy than industrial systems.
(d) Natural systems take things from the environment but always give back.

4. What is meant by the word "devolution"?
(a) Adding simplicity to design to make it less efficient.
(b) Using the same structures and plants instead of natural diversity.
(c) Creating more complex designs.
(d) Eliminating evolutionary process from humans.

5. Why are books problematic to recycle?
(a) Because they are difficult to re-bind.
(b) Because the interior pages are impossible to remove from the cover.
(c) Because the ink is very easy to remove.
(d) Because the covers are made of different materials than the interior pages.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why are car parts difficult to recycle?

2. Which of the following statements is NOT true about the Industrial Revolution?

3. Which is an example of a product that is difficult to recycle?

4. What material is this book made out of?

5. All of the following are examples of local insulation and cooling systems, except:

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