This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Ugc Net > Paper 1 > Environment > Air Pollution – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Air Pollution Quiz 2 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which of the following are effects of burning fossil fuels and car emissions? A) Smog. B) Acid rain. C) Global climate change. D) All of the answers. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the answers. 2. The six types of air pollutants were identified by the EPA because they A) Are the most abundant in the atmosphere. B) Pose the greatest risk to human health. C) Are difficult to see. D) Are the most difficult to control. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pose the greatest risk to human health. 3. How many people's lives were cut short in the UK in 2016, according to Greenpeace? A) 4, 000. B) 10, 300. C) 3, 400. D) 40, 000. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 40, 000. 4. A thick brownish haze formed when certain gases in the air react with sunlight. A) Ozone. B) Photochemical smog. C) Radon. D) Carbon Monoxide. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Photochemical smog. 5. Which is NOT a criteria pollutant? A) Lead. B) Particulate matter. C) Carbon dioxide. D) Tropospheric ozone. E) Sulfur dioxide. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Carbon dioxide. 6. The best solutions for combating air pollution are forms of A) Clean up. B) Amplification. C) Prevention. D) Dilution. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Prevention. 7. Which of the following substances is a colorless, tasteless, and odorless radioactive gas? A) Carbon monoxide. B) Asbestos. C) Ozone. D) Radon. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Radon. 8. Air pollution damages people's health, so it is important to find ways to ..... it, for example by burning less rubbish and maintaining vehicles. A) Reduce. B) Source. C) Pollution. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Reduce. 9. The installation of magnetically charged electric plates near the smokestacks of a power plant would be an example of ..... A) Fuel Switching. B) Particulate removal. C) Electrostatic precipitation. D) Limestone injection. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Electrostatic precipitation. 10. What is the primary cause of global sea-level rise? A) Sea ice melting. B) Land ice melting. C) Thermal expansion of the oceans. D) Displacement due to volcanic activity at mid-ocean ridges. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Thermal expansion of the oceans. 11. Which is not a way scientist detect air pollution. A) Satellites Lasers. B) Chemical instruments. C) Biological indicators. D) Google. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Google. 12. ..... is a thick haze formed from gases in the air A) Ozone. B) Carbon monoxide. C) Smog. D) Methane. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Smog. 13. What would be an effective way to reduce plastic pollution? A) Sell plastic waste to countries that need the money. B) Fine people who do not use litter bins. C) Reduce the amount of single-use items we use. D) Cover landfill sites so that plastics do not blow into the ocean. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Reduce the amount of single-use items we use. 14. What can increase levels of nitrate in water? A) Sewage. B) Pesticides. C) Mining waste. D) All of these options. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sewage. 15. Which of these molecules is not an air pollutant? A) CO. B) NO$_{2}$. C) SO$_{2}$. D) Oxygen. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Oxygen. 16. Acid precipitation can lead to all of the following EXCEPT ..... A) A decrease in a community's standard of living. B) An increase in respiratory ailments. C) An increase of aquatic biodiversity. D) A destruction of historic monuments. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) An increase of aquatic biodiversity. 17. What solution do you consider for air improvement? A) Recycle. B) Don't throw trash on the streets. C) Using renewable energy. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Using renewable energy. 18. An air pollution prevention mechanism found in vehicles. A) Combustion chamber. B) Catalytic converter. C) Electrostatic precipitator. D) Scrubber. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Catalytic converter. 19. Which is a natural pollutant? A) Ozone. B) Volcanic ash. C) Nitrogen dioxide. D) Smog. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Volcanic ash. 20. Which of the following is not blocked that well by ozone in the stratosphere? A) UVA. B) UVB. C) UVC. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) UVA. 21. Which of the following cause air pollution? A) Lung cancer, asthma, eye irritation. B) Cars, factories, forest fires. C) Fading paint, sick animals, wilted plants. D) Electric cars, recycling, bicycling. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cars, factories, forest fires. 22. Pure water has a pH of ..... A) 0. B) 7.0. C) 14. D) 5.6. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 7.0. 23. Why are air pollution levels in Mexico City greater than they are in New York City? A) Mexico City receives a large amount of yearly precipitation. B) Mexico City contains more cars and buses than New York. C) Mexico City is surrounded by mountains that trap the polluted air. D) Mexico City operates a larger public transit system. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mexico City is surrounded by mountains that trap the polluted air. 24. Air pollution controlling device found on american cars that remove Nitrogen Oxides from exhaust. A) Scrubber. B) Bag house filter. C) Catalytic Converter. D) Electrostatic Precipitator. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Catalytic Converter. 25. Which is NOT an example of a way to help prevent radon gas in homes? A) Sealing cracks. B) Plastic in crawlspace. C) Air fresheners. D) Ventilation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Air fresheners. 26. What is the major cause of air pollutant A) Tabacco. B) Factories and cars. C) Oil spills. D) Frost. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Factories and cars. 27. Acid precipitation is rain, sleet or snow that ..... A) Has a low pH. B) Is neutral. C) Can burn your skin. D) Has a high pH. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Has a low pH. 28. What percentage of the earth's atmosphere is nitrogen? A) 28%. B) 71%. C) 21%. D) 78%. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 78%. 29. These have no emissions from tailpipes or gasoline A) Hybrid vehicles. B) Zero emissions vehicles. C) Internal combustion vehicles. D) All have emissions. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Zero emissions vehicles. 30. Photochemical Smog A) Is a mix of chemicals direct from factories and fog. B) Is a mix of smoke from car exhaust and fog. C) Is a result of chemical reactions driven by sunlight. D) Looks bad but cannot hurt anyone. 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