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Which one of the following three terms is used in the sustainability triangle?
A
Micro-economics
B
Planet
C
Social responsibility
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Which one of the following three terms is used in the sustainability triangle?
Micro-economics
Planet
Social responsibility
Which of the following is the greenest solvent?
Formaldehyde
Benzene
Ethanol
Water
Which of the following is a challenge for green chemists?
Awareness of the benefits of green chemistry
Developing chemicals that are recyclable
Training for cleaning up chemical spills
Knowing when to reduce and eliminate hazardous waste
Which of the following are among the 12 Principles of Green Chemistry?
Design commercially viable products
Use only new solvents
Use catalysts, not stoichiometric reagents
Re-use waste
What is the U.S. Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Award?
An award related to recycling
An award for industry only
The only chemistry award given by the President
Challenges companies to become fuel efficient
Used to indicate the level of contaminants present, the term PPM means?
Parts-per-micron
Parts-per-million
Parts-per-mass
Parts-per-molecule
TRI is used by the EPA to track pollution prevention. TRI stands for?
Total Reporting Inventory
Total Release Impact
Toxic Release Inventory
Toxic Release Impact
This word is synonymous with green chemistry and also means harmless, or gentle and not life threatening?
Sustainable
Benign
User friendly
Greenness
This green chemical is used in household cleaners to remove stains and is also a favorite dressing on salads!?
Vinegar (acetic acid)
Citric acid
Hydrochloric acid ()
Water
The use of solar power is covered within Green Chemistry Principle #6, which is?
Atom economy
Design for energy efficiency
Design benign chemicals
Less hazardous synthesis
The term which refers to the breakup within a compound due to microbial activity is?
Microbial degradation
Agro-degradation
Photo-degradation
Decomposition
The term used to measure a product or persons environmental impact is?
Handprint
Footprint
Hazardous print
The term missing in Risk = Hazard x ............. is?
Exposure
Cancer
Benign
Reactivity
The following term refers to the relative proportion of chemical components?
Togetherness
Stoichiometry
Metric
Colligative
The following legislation gave birth to todays green chemistry initiatives?
Clean Water Act of 1972
Montreal Protocol of 1989
Pollution Prevention Act of 1990
Superfund Act of 1980
The following is often referred to as the universal solvent and is a preferred green solvent?
Water
Methanol
Ethyl Acetate
Benzene
The first listed of the 12 Principles of Green Chemistry is?
Prevent waste
Catalysis
Atom economy
Benign solvents
The definition of green chemistry is the same as the definition of sustainability?
True Statement
False Statement
Soybean is used to replace traditional inks in printer cartridges, highlighting which of the Green chemistry principles?
Prevent waste
Atom economy
Use of Renewable Feedstocks
Reduce derivatives
Since 1996, Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Award winning technologies have helped save or eliminate at least 1.3 billion pounds of hazardous chemicals and solvents?
True Statement
False Statement