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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which is an example of a product that is difficult to recycle?
(a) Plastic bottles.
(b) Lunch bags.
(c) Carpet.
(d) Glass baby food jars.

2. Which of the following can pass into drinking water?
(a) Pieces of glass.
(b) Plastics.
(c) Solid waste.
(d) Medications.

3. What threatens the soil the most?
(a) Seed germination.
(b) Insects.
(c) Accumulation of toxic chemicals.
(d) Plowing and turning of nutrients.

4. How can industry model nature?
(a) By working with the conditions of place and respecting diversity in materials and applications.
(b) By preserving old technologies.
(c) By creating more simplistic designs based on new technology.
(d) By pushing for new designs that encourage efficiency.

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

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

7. Which of the following is a true statement?
(a) Beauty products help in seed germination.
(b) Cleaning products make good fertilizers.
(c) Soap never needs to contain water,
(d) Detergents also help keep water clean in natural systems.

8. What aspect of a roof is not desirable to human health?
(a) It can off-gas chemicals that are toxic.
(b) It wears rapidly and be frequently replaced.
(c) It is slippery and causes many accidents.
(d) It creates radiation energy.

9. What best explains the cradle to cradle model?
(a) The natural world is the only place where something old can make something new.
(b) The world has enough resources to support a extremely high birth rate.
(c) Even if things die they can always be replaced with new products.
(d) Even when things die they create nutrients for a new life.

10. What does manufacturing need to be based on?
(a) Using cheaper petroleum products.
(b) Ocean water and recycling systems.
(c) Energy from larger power plants.
(d) Local water flow and energy sources.

11. In this section what do the authors wish to encourage?
(a) Evolution.
(b) Diversity.
(c) Simplicity.
(d) Efficiency.

12. How do the Chinese traditionally maintain nutrients to their rice patties?
(a) By fertilizing fields every spring.
(b) By recycling plastic bottles and aluminum cans.
(c) By damming rivers to dry their fields every winter.
(d) By adding their household wastes to the fields.

13. What do the authors claim about the preferences of consumers?
(a) People want high quality products at increased cost.
(b) People want more powerful products for less money.
(c) People prefer more cost effective generic brands.
(d) People prefer diversity and will buy locally produced goods.

14. Which statement below would be a good title for this section of the book?
(a) How to make more efficient energy.
(b) How to employ happy workers.
(c) How to make successful designs for the Earth and its people.
(d) How to use the environment for the benefit of business.

15. What do the authors suggest as an example of a good sewage treatment plan?
(a) Storing winter sewage until it can be processed in the summer sun in a specially constructed wetland.
(b) Adding chemicals to sewage so that it can become save drinking water.
(c) Saving sewage in recyclable containers until we have the technology to process it.
(d) Removing sewage from the location to an area with fewer inhabitants.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which word best describes how ants are viewed by the authors?

2. Which is a by-product of power plants that could be used in homes or businesses?

3. What do the authors mean by "one size fits all"?

4. In the authors' opinion, what should factories do?

5. What do the authors design for Herman Miller?

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