This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Ugc Net > Paper 1 > Environment > Air Pollution – Quiz 16 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Air Pollution Quiz 16 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which of the following is present everywhere? A) Air. B) Clothes. C) Paper. D) Food. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Air. 2. What does CFC stand for? A) Carbon four chemicals. B) Chloroflurocarbons. C) Chinese fossil chemicals. D) It doesn't stand for anything. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Chloroflurocarbons. 3. If carbon monoxide emissions decreased from 145 million tons annually to 80 million tons annually, by what percentage have emissions been reduced? A) 41 percent. B) 45 percent. C) 52 percent. D) 47 percent. E) 55 percent. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 45 percent. 4. A metallic element that was once in gasoline, pipes and paint and can cause brain damage. A) Nitrogen oxides. B) Ground-level ozone. C) Lead. D) Particulate matter. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lead. 5. Which rock can be used to counteract acid rain? A) Asbestos. B) Limestone. C) Granite. D) Calcium. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Limestone. 6. The ozone layer blocks deleterious UV radiation. What does "deleterious" mean? A) Harmful. B) Life-sustaining. C) Environmentally friendly. D) Invisible. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Harmful. 7. Exhaust + UV $\rightarrow$ ozone + exhaust $\rightarrow$ smog. Which factor is the primary pollutant? A) Automobile exhaust. B) Ozone. C) Smog. D) Sunlight. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Automobile exhaust. 8. Which pollution control method was proposed by an amendment of the Clean Air Act? A) Allowing tolls to limit the use of automobiles. B) A market for sulfur emissions. C) The regulation of radon emissions. D) The use of catalytic converters. E) Chemicals developed to prevent the formation of ozone. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A market for sulfur emissions. 9. Which of the following air pollutants is the key ingredient in photochemical smog? A) Sulfur dioxide. B) Ground level ozone. C) Nitrogen oxide. D) Carbon dioxide. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ground level ozone. 10. A mixture of smoke, fog and chemicals in the air is known as ..... A) Oxygen. B) Radiation. C) Smog. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Smog. 11. Which of these is an option about air pollution? A) It's the biggest threat that humans face. B) It can be caused by burning fossil fuels. C) Not all air pollution comes from man-made sources. D) Humans can take steps to decrease amount of pollution they release into the air. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It's the biggest threat that humans face. 12. Can cause burning of the skin A) Lead. B) Particle matter. C) Sulfur dioxide. D) Nitrogen oxides. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sulfur dioxide. 13. What is the major cause for air pollution? A) Transportation. B) Oil spills. C) Cigarretes. D) Deforestation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Transportation. 14. A radioactive gas that can build up in homes. A) Radon. B) Helium. C) Oxygen. D) Uranium. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Radon. 15. The following reduce air pollution except A) Settling of particles due to gravity. B) Rain and snow help cleanse the air of pollutants. C) Salty sea spray from the ocean washes out many pollutants from air that flows from land over the oceans. D) Winds sweep pollutants away and mix them with cleaner air. E) Certain trees and plants. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Certain trees and plants. 16. Which pollutant will cause thinning of ozone layer A) Nitrogen dioxide. B) Carbon dioxide. C) Plumbum. D) Chlorofluorocarbon. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Chlorofluorocarbon. 17. How does does air pollution cause health problems A) Cardiorespitory disease. B) Fever. C) Sneezing. D) Chorona virus. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cardiorespitory disease. 18. One solution Mexico City did not follow to improve air quality? A) Expanding bus rapid transit system. B) Create more bicycle lanes. C) Implant air purifiers in public places. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Implant air purifiers in public places. 19. When oxygen gas in the lower stratosphere is struck by this, it splits, leading to the formation of a ozone molecule. A) Visible light. B) Gamma rays. C) Ultraviolet radiation. D) Infrared. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ultraviolet radiation. 20. What is one way to reduce the amount of energy you use at home? A) Put your food in the freezer instead of the refrigerator. B) Buy more clothes instead of washing dirty ones. C) Turn off the TV when not watching. D) Use the air conditioner more often. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Turn off the TV when not watching. 21. Greenhouses gases A) Absorb and radiate heat. B) Destroy the ozone layer. C) Cause respiratory problems. D) Create smog. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Absorb and radiate heat. 22. Why is fresh water a limited resource? A) It isn't because it is a renewable resource. B) 97% of water is in the oceans and too salty to drink. C) Only 2.5% is drinkable and is stored in icecaps, rivers, and lakes. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Only 2.5% is drinkable and is stored in icecaps, rivers, and lakes. 23. Most of the pollution that causes acid precipitation to fall on southeastern Canada is released from A) Mexico. B) Central Canada. C) The midwestern and eastern United States. D) The southern United States. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The midwestern and eastern United States. 24. ..... is produced when fuels containing sulfur are burned in the presence of oxygen. A) Greenhouse gas. B) Sulfur dioxide. C) Carbon dioxide. D) Carbon monoxide. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sulfur dioxide. 25. Ozone in the troposphere is ..... Ozone in the stratosphere is ..... A) Good, bad. B) Good, good. C) Bad, bad. D) Bad, good. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bad, good. 26. An international agreement was signed to deal with the problem of ozone depletion. Following passage of this agreement in 1989, called the ....., the use of CFCs ..... A) Montreal protocol, decreased. B) Kyoto protocol, decreased. C) Kyoto protocol, increased. D) Montreal protocol, increased. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Montreal protocol, decreased. 27. What is the short form of oxygen? A) SO3. B) SO2. C) CO2. D) O2. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) O2. 28. If a substance has a pH of 3 then it is considered to be a ..... A) Not harmful to the environment. B) Base. C) Air pollutant. D) Acid. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Acid. 29. Sick-building syndrome occurs when fungi accumulates in a building due to ..... A) Smog and acid precipitation. B) Global warming. C) Hot temperatures and lack of air flow. D) Temperature inversion. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hot temperatures and lack of air flow. 30. Which of the following does not occur during a temperature inversion? A) Pollutants become trapped near the Earth's surface. B) Cool air at the Earth's surface cannot move upward. C) Mountains intensify temperature inversions. D) Air temperatures decrease as elevation decreases. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Air temperatures decrease as elevation decreases. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesPaper 1 QuizzesUgc Net QuizzesAir Pollution Quiz 1Air Pollution Quiz 2Air Pollution Quiz 3Air Pollution Quiz 4Air Pollution Quiz 5Air Pollution Quiz 6Air Pollution Quiz 7Air Pollution Quiz 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books