This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Ugc Net > Paper 1 > Environment > Air Pollution – Quiz 3 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Air Pollution Quiz 3 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What causes air pollution? A) Pollutants. B) Acid rain. C) Smog. D) Cfc's. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pollutants. 2. This atmospheric compound is critical to the planet in its protection against UV radiation, but when found close to the ground is part of photochemical smog that can cause serious health problems. A) Particulate matter. B) Carbon monoxide. C) Stratospheric ozone. D) Tropospheric ozone. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tropospheric ozone. 3. Exposure to too much radon gas can cause A) Acne. B) Lung cancer. C) Blindness. D) Sun burn. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lung cancer. 4. Acid rain can be traced back to A) The release of particulate matter into the atmosphere. B) Thermal inversions. C) The use of electrostatic precipitators. D) The burning of fossil fuels. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The burning of fossil fuels. 5. How do changes in the ocean affect coral reefs? A) Warm, acidic water causes coral to bleach and then die. B) Coral reefs grow faster in warmer water. C) Warmer water supports fish that like to eat coral, destroying the reefs. D) Coral reefs aren't affected by changes in temperature and acidity. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Warm, acidic water causes coral to bleach and then die. 6. Haze is caused by the traditional practice of ..... or ..... of forests to create fields for growing crops. A) Planting, cutting. B) Cutting, burning. C) Burning, seed. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cutting, burning. 7. In which year did 'The Smog Of London' occur? A) 1974. B) 1952. C) 1975. D) 1925. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1952. 8. Which layer of the atmosphere has the ozone gases? A) The troposphere. B) The stratosphere. C) The thermosphere. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The stratosphere. 9. The most common source of carbon monoxide comes from ..... A) Vehicles. B) Swamp gases. C) Industrial sources. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Vehicles. 10. Which two primary pollutants most often result in acid rain? A) Sulfuric dioxide and nitric oxide. B) Carbon monoxide and VOCs. C) ZEVs and VOCs. D) Carbonic acid and citric acid. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sulfuric dioxide and nitric oxide. 11. Pollution is ..... A) People have contaminated, or dirtied an area with waste. B) People have cleaned, or fixed up an area. C) People have gathered, or collected the trash in the area. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) People have contaminated, or dirtied an area with waste. 12. Which system of the body is mainly affected by air pollution? A) Immune. B) Integument. C) Muscular. D) Respiratory problems. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Respiratory problems. 13. In the U.S., the estimated number of deaths related to indoor and outdoor air pollutants is at least A) 150, 000. B) 350, 000. C) 100, 000. D) 60, 000. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 150, 000. 14. When a building has bad air quality, it has something called A) Sick building syndrome. B) Radon. C) Smog. D) Carbon monoxide. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sick building syndrome. 15. Activities such as construction and agriculture are primary sources of A) Hydrocarbons. B) Volatile organic compounds. C) Nitrogen oxides. D) Particulate matter. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Particulate matter. 16. Acid precipitation can be traced back to A) Thermal inversions. B) The burning of fossil fuels. C) The release of particulate matter into the atmosphere. D) The use of electrostatic precipitators. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The burning of fossil fuels. 17. The Clean Air Act is federal law that regulates levels of air pollution produced from A) Transportation and factories. B) Private homes only. C) Power plants only. D) Transportation, factories, power plants, and private homes. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Transportation, factories, power plants, and private homes. 18. What is the largest cause of land pollution? A) Animal waste. B) Plants decomposing. C) Human actions. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Human actions. 19. Acid precipitation/rain can be traced back to A) Thermal inversions. B) The burning of fossil fuels. C) The use of electrostatic precipitators. D) The release of particulate matter into the atmosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The burning of fossil fuels. 20. Temperature inversions work to trap pollution when A) Cool air above keeps warmer air at the surface from moving upward. B) Cool air above keeps warmer air at the surface from absorbing solar radiation. C) Warm air above keeps cooler air at the surface from absorbing solar radiation. D) Warm air above keeps cooler air at the surface from moving upward. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Warm air above keeps cooler air at the surface from moving upward. 21. Which is a source of sulfur dioxide found in nature? A) Lightning strikes. B) Forest fires. C) Soil. D) Plant emissions. E) Volcanoes. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Volcanoes. 22. A colorful, glowing display in the sky caused when particles from the sun strike oxygen and nitrogen atoms in the ionosphere; also called the Northern Lights. A) Aurora Borealis. B) Ozone. C) Temperature Inversion. D) Ionosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Aurora Borealis. 23. Which of the following are the sources of primary air pollutants in the USA? A) Automobiles, industry, oil drilling. B) Power plants, furniture repair shops, oil refineries. C) Industry, power generation, transportation. D) Chemicals in carpets, building materials, paints. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Industry, power generation, transportation. 24. In 1987, 36 nations meeting in Montreal, Canada, developed the Montreal Protocol to reduce production of A) CFCs. B) Toxic Wastes. C) Nitrous Oxide. D) Carbon Dioxide. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) CFCs. 25. Air pollution from factories, power plants, cars, airplanes, chemicals, burning of wood, bursting crackers is caused by ..... A) Animals. B) Humans. C) Minerals. D) Nature. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Humans. 26. Which of the following are primary pollutants? A) Nitric Acid, Sulfuric Acid, Ground level O$_{3}$. B) CO$_{2}$ and Ground level O$_{3}$. C) CO$_{2, }$CO, NO$_{2}$, SO$_{2}$. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) CO$_{2, }$CO, NO$_{2}$, SO$_{2}$. 27. The temperature, wind movements and other conditions of the atmosphere are our ..... A) Weather. B) Cumulus. C) Stratus. D) Atmosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Weather. 28. It is anything that makes the earth unhealthy ..... A) Love. B) Water. C) Pollution. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pollution. 29. Which pollutant, found in car exhaust fumes, does not come from the fuel? A) Nitrogen oxides. B) Lead compounds. C) Hydrocarbons. D) Carbon monoxide. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nitrogen oxides. 30. What causes fine particulates A) Power plants. B) Car exhaust. C) Fire. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesPaper 1 QuizzesUgc Net QuizzesAir Pollution Quiz 1Air Pollution Quiz 2Air 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