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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. What do the authors mean by a throwaway society?
(a) Volunteers that pick up waste along the highways.
(b) Government sponsors companies that reduce waste production.
(c) Consumers are accustomed to throwing out the old and buying new.
(d) Industry designs products to be recycled.

2. Which products are the best examples of the brute force mentality?
(a) Pet foods.
(b) Children's toys.
(c) Cookware.
(d) Petrochemicals and coal.

3. What is the result of more and more efficient agriculture?
(a) Decreasing profits for farmers.
(b) Destruction of native habitats.
(c) Increasing worker wages.
(d) Less investments in agricultural systems.

4. Which of the following is an example of how the natural world replenishes itself?
(a) Catching fish with nets.
(b) Monoculture crops.
(c) Cherry blossoms falling from the tree.
(d) Caribou migrations.

5. What do most homes use for as a source of power?
(a) Wind.
(b) Biofuels.
(c) Geothermal energy.
(d) Fossil fuels.

Short Answer Questions

1. What toxic chemical is included in the production of plastic water bottles?

2. How has leather been tanned in the last forty years?

3. How is the interior of the new Ford plant designed?

4. What happens when garbage is incinerated?

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

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