PT122.S2.Q20

PrepTest 122 - Section 2 - Question 20

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Environmentalist: Discarding old appliances can be dangerous: refrigerators contain chlorofluorocarbons; electronic circuit boards and cathode-ray tubes often contain heavy metals like lead; and old fluorescent bulbs contain mercury, another heavy metal. ████ █████████ ███ ████████ █████████ ████ █████████ ████ ██ ███████ ████████ ████ █████████ ███ ███ ████████ █████████ ████ ███ ███████ ████ ████ ███████████ ████████████ ███ ████████ ██ ███ █████ █████ ████ █████ ██ ████████████ █████ ██████ ██████ ███ ███ ███ ██████ ████ ███ ████

Summary

Discarding old appliances can be dangerous because some contain harmful heavy metals. When landfills are operated properly, the heavy metals pose no threat. When landfills are not operated properly, lead and mercury can contaminate groundwater. When trash is burned, heavy metals poison the ash and are released into the air.

Strongly Supported Conclusions

Old appliances that contain heavy metals should not be burned when discarded.

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20.

The environmentalist's statements, if true, ████ ████████ ███████ █████ ███ ██ ███ █████████ ███████████

a

Old fluorescent bulbs ██████ ██ █████████

b

Appliances containing heavy ██████ ██████ ███ ██ ████████████

c

Chlorofluorocarbons are harmful ██ ███ ███████████

d

Newer appliances are ████ █████████ ██ ███ ███████████ ████ █████ █████

e

Appliances should be ████ ███ ██ ██████████

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