Environmental Remediation Technologies
Environmental Remediation Technologies Quiz
Questions
Which of the following is a common method for removing contaminants from soil?
- Phytoremediation
- Incineration
- Landfilling
- Vitrification
What is the process of removing contaminants from groundwater called?
- Bioremediation
- Pump-and-treat
- Air stripping
- Soil vapor extraction
Which of the following is a common method for removing contaminants from air?
- Scrubbing
- Filtration
- Adsorption
- Condensation
What is the process of removing contaminants from solid waste called?
- Incineration
- Landfilling
- Recycling
- Composting
Which of the following is a common method for removing contaminants from hazardous waste?
- Stabilization
- Solidification
- Encapsulation
- Vitrification
What is the process of removing contaminants from a site called?
- Remediation
- Restoration
- Reclamation
- Revitalization
Which of the following is a common type of remediation technology?
- Excavation
- Pump-and-treat
- In situ treatment
- Bioremediation
What is the process of using microorganisms to break down contaminants called?
- Bioremediation
- Phytoremediation
- Mycoremediation
- Zoremediation
Which of the following is a common type of in situ treatment technology?
- Soil vapor extraction
- Air sparging
- Bioventing
- Permeable reactive barriers
What is the process of using plants to absorb and break down contaminants called?
- Phytoremediation
- Phytoextraction
- Rhizofiltration
- Phytostabilization
Which of the following is a common type of phytoremediation technology?
- Landfarming
- Constructed wetlands
- Green roofs
- Phytoremediation walls
What is the process of using fungi to break down contaminants called?
- Mycoremediation
- Fungal bioremediation
- Mycofiltration
- Mycorestoration
Which of the following is a common type of mycoremediation technology?
- Fungal bioremediation of soil
- Fungal bioremediation of water
- Fungal bioremediation of air
- Fungal bioremediation of hazardous waste
What is the process of using zero-valent iron to break down contaminants called?
- Zoremediation
- Iron remediation
- Zero-valent iron treatment
- Iron-based remediation
Which of the following is a common type of zoremediation technology?
- Permeable reactive barriers
- In situ chemical reduction
- Groundwater treatment
- Soil remediation