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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Putting Eco-Effectiveness into Practice.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why aren't cherry trees wasteful?
(a) All of the leaves are eaten by herbivores every autumn.
(b) They create many blossoms that do not produce fruit.
(c) All of their blossoms are decomposed when they are spent and fall to the ground.
(d) They do not require many resources to live.

2. How is toxicity removed around the new Ford factory?
(a) Using acid and metal cleaners.
(b) Using hydraulic power cleaners.
(c) Using bleach and kitchen scrubbers.
(d) Using various types of fungi.

3. How are most manufacturing processes different than the way ants live in the environment?
(a) Most manufacturing is concerned with productivity.
(b) Most manufacturing produces biodegradable chemicals.
(c) Most manufacturing creates waste that is not useful in the environment.
(d) Most manufacturing replaces the resources it depletes.

4. The authors claim that too much efficiency can result in what?
(a) Energy loss.
(b) Profits.
(c) Quality products.
(d) Danger.

5. What is meant by an "industrial re-evolution"?
(a) Design products to have a superior technology that does not depend on natural resources.
(b) Design products to encourage more industrialization.
(c) Design products to reflect the diversity in the natural world.
(d) Design products that to do not depend on the environment or its natural evolution.

Short Answer Questions

1. What can we do with materials that cannot be safely recycled?

2. How does the Ford factory manage storm water?

3. All of the following are things a well-designed roof should provide, except:

4. Where does Bill go to study?

5. Why does Michael tether himself to the smoke stacks at Ciba-Geigy?

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