This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Ugc Net > Paper 1 > Environment > Air Pollution – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Air Pollution Quiz 1 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Cars in the United States A) Are the most fuel efficient of the developed countries. B) Are the least fuel efficient of the developed countries. C) Are competitively fuel efficient with other developed countries. D) Have been the most fuel efficient in recent decades but are starting to fall behind. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Are the least fuel efficient of the developed countries. 2. How can you stay healthy when there is bad air pollution A) Go outside. B) Go outside and gasp for air. C) Wear a mask. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Wear a mask. 3. Common sources of volatile organic compounds include: A) Solvents. B) Paint and Glue. C) Some Plants. D) Petroleum. E) All of the Above. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) All of the Above. 4. Joy cuts down trees to make billions of toothpicks. Joy doesn't use toothpicks, she flosses. What is she destroying? A) Land pollution. B) Conservation. C) Natural resources. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Natural resources. 5. When VOC's, NO$_{x}$, SO$_{x}$ chemically interact with the sun producing ozone and other PM. A) Smog. B) Primary Pollutant. C) Photochemical smog. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Photochemical smog. 6. Natural processes that cause air pollution, and climate change, within the Earth's atmosphere can consist of: A) Smokestacks and cars. B) Power plants and busses. C) Volcanoes and wildfires. D) Volcanoes and man-made-fires. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Volcanoes and wildfires. 7. What is the composition of the air in the atmosphere? A) Nitrogen 78%, Oxygen 12%, Carbon Dioxide 0.04%, Other gases 9.96%. B) Oxygen 33%, Carbon Dioxide 10%, Other gases 57%. C) Oxygen 50%, Carbon Dioxide 49.3%, Nitrogen 0.7%. D) Oxygen 100%. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nitrogen 78%, Oxygen 12%, Carbon Dioxide 0.04%, Other gases 9.96%. 8. How does acid rain affect humans? A) Acid rain washes metals such as Mercury in water ways which contaminate drinking water. B) Acid rain can corrod building materials, paint, and monuments. C) Acid rain kills fish which can hurt commericial fisheries. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 9. Air pollution can cause ..... A) Asthma. B) Lung cancer. C) Emphysema. D) ALL OF THE ABOVE. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) ALL OF THE ABOVE. 10. Which of the following is NOT an effect of acid rain? A) Improved soil quality. B) Increasing acidity in standing water. C) Damaging nutrient levels in soil. D) Damages statues and stonework. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Improved soil quality. 11. The "new car" smell that you get from cars and new furniture comes from what kind of pollutant? A) Sulfur dioxide. B) VOCs. C) Carbon monoxide. D) Nitrogen oxides. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) VOCs. 12. All of the following are evidence of rapid climate change except A) Rising sea level. B) Global temperature rise. C) Ocean acidification. D) Increase in the size of the antarctic and greenland ice sheets. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Increase in the size of the antarctic and greenland ice sheets. 13. The following are sources of water in Singapore EXCEPT A) Desalinated water. B) Local catchment water. C) Imported water from Indonesia. D) NEWater. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Imported water from Indonesia. 14. Headache, eye irritation, coughing, bronchitis A) Noise pollution. B) Light pollution. C) Short-term effects of air pollution. D) Long-term effects of air pollution. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Short-term effects of air pollution. 15. The chemicals released directly into the air from factories and vehicles would be considered A) Atmospheric deposition. B) Atmospheric transport. C) Secondary air pollutants. D) Primary air pollutants. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Primary air pollutants. 16. Type of air pollution that is formed when sunlight reacts with waste gases from the burning of fossil fuels A) Global warming. B) Acid precipitation. C) Photochemical smog. D) Ozone layer. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Photochemical smog. 17. Seventy-eight percent of Earth's atmosphere is made up of A) Oxygen. B) Hydrogen. C) Nitrogen. D) Carbon dioxide. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nitrogen. 18. This causes the MOST pollution: A) Trains. B) Humans. C) Cars. D) Airplanes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Humans. 19. Radon is usually found in this location in your home. A) Basement. B) Kitchen. C) Attic. D) Bathroom. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Basement. 20. Why is ozone high in the atmosphere good? A) Blocks high energy light. B) Traps light. C) Allows light/heat to leave Earth. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Blocks high energy light. 21. What is the main cause of air pollution? A) Plowing fields and releasing dust. B) Using solar power. C) Burning fossil fuels. D) Using water power. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Burning fossil fuels. 22. A pollutant that is put directly into the air by human activity is called a ..... pollutant. A) Vapor. B) Primary. C) Secondary. D) Tertiary. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Primary. 23. A type of pollution found both indoors and outdoors, which includes pollen, dander, soot, carbon, and dust. A) Water droplets. B) Allergens. C) Particulate matter. D) Combustibles. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Particulate matter. 24. Which method is used to reduce nitrogen oxide emissions? A) Installation of catalytic converters. B) Increased temperature of combustion. C) The addition of oxygen to combustion processes. D) The use of fluidized bed combustion. E) The use of calcium carbonate to absorb emissions. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Installation of catalytic converters. 25. The primary source of radon is A) Electronics. B) Indoor fires. C) Household chemical fumes. D) Rocks and soils. E) Construction materials. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rocks and soils. 26. The majority of sulfur dioxide produced by industry comes from A) Dry cleaners. B) Coal-burning power plants. C) Oil refineries. D) Chemical plants. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Coal-burning power plants. 27. This is a pollutant produced by burning fossil fuels, but was not addressed in either the 1972 or 1990 Clean Air Acts A) Carbon monoxide. B) Sulfur dioxide. C) Carbon dioxide. D) Nitrogen oxide. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Carbon dioxide. 28. The mixture of gases that surrounds Earth. The outermost of the four spheres into which scientists divide Earth. A) Atmosphere. B) Ionosphere. C) Weather. D) Temperature Inversion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Atmosphere. 29. Which of the following substances is an colorless, odorless, tasteless, radioactive gas? A) Radon. B) Carbon monoxide. C) Ozone. D) Asbestos. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Radon. 30. Which type of smog is made worse by sunlight? A) Classical Smog. B) Photochemical Smog. C) Both Smogs. D) Neither Smog. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Photochemical Smog. Next →Related QuizzesPaper 1 QuizzesUgc Net QuizzesAir Pollution Quiz 2Air Pollution Quiz 3Air Pollution Quiz 4Air Pollution Quiz 5Air Pollution Quiz 6Air Pollution Quiz 7Air Pollution Quiz 8Air Pollution Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books