Practice AP Environmental Science questions on landfill decomposition, incineration, ocean dumping, plastics, tires, wildlife, and pollution.
Human activities generate large amounts of solid waste, including organic waste. The decomposition of organic waste in landfills can result in the release of methane into the atmosphere.
Describe one factor that could affect the decomposition of the solid waste in a landfill.
Describe one factor that could affect the decomposition of the solid waste in a landfill. 1 point
Accept one of the following:
- The amount of/percentage of organic material in the solid waste.
- The amount of/percentage of non-degradable material in the solid waste.
- Conditions of the landfill (such as concentration of oxygen, population of microbes/decomposers, temperature, moisture).
- Environmental conditions of the area (such as temperature, amount of rainfall, climate, weather, etc.).