This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Ugc Net > Paper 1 > Environment > Air Pollution – Quiz 7 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Air Pollution Quiz 7 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which of the following contributes most to acid precipitation? A) Burning fossil fuels. B) Radon and ozone. C) Ethanol. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Burning fossil fuels. 2. Air pollution kills roughly how many people in India each year? A) 60, 000. B) 60. C) 600. D) 600, 000. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 600, 000. 3. Which product of incomplete combustion gives photochemical smog its yellowish color? A) PANs. B) VOCs. C) Ozone. D) Nitrous oxide. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Nitrous oxide. 4. A true statement about carbon monoxide is that it A) Can lower the level of oxygen carried in the blood. B) May cause headaches but not death. C) Has no effect on fetal development. D) Is a less harmful pollutant than carbon dioxide. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Can lower the level of oxygen carried in the blood. 5. The gas that is most associated with climate change is ..... A) VOC's. B) Nitrogen Dioxide. C) Carbon Dioxide. D) Sulfur Dioxide. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Carbon Dioxide. 6. This is a major greenhouse gas released by cows. A) Nitrogen dioxide. B) Methane. C) Carbon dioxide. D) Carbon monoxide. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Methane. 7. How can the air around us become polluted? A) Gas and fumes from vehicles. B) From people riding bicycles. C) From the rain. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gas and fumes from vehicles. 8. When fossil fuels are burned, they let out oxides into the air. When these oxides mix with water in the atmosphere, they make acid, which fall as precipitation. This is called ..... A) Ozone. B) Point source pollution. C) Acid rain. D) Climate change. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Acid rain. 9. What is an effect of land pollution? A) No clean drinking water. B) Loss of habitat for animals. C) Diseases from breathing in poor quality air. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Loss of habitat for animals. 10. An air filter traps ..... to clean the air for different purposes. A) Asthma. B) Dust particles. C) Gas. D) Filter. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dust particles. 11. How does air pollution effect people? A) It can cause people to have difficulty breathing. B) It can make sick people even sicker. C) Sometimes, air pollution can cause cancer. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 12. Which of the following government agencies is responsible for the Clean Air Act? A) The USDOJ. B) The EPA. C) The USGS. D) The USDA. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The EPA. 13. Which is NOT a result of the reduction in stratospheric ozone? A) Suppressed immune systems. B) Increased skin cancer. C) Increased birth defects. D) Increased eye problems. E) Reduced photosynthetic activity. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Increased birth defects. 14. ..... will help Rithika to dry her wet clothes A) Moving air. B) Water. C) Sand. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Moving air. 15. The ozone layer: A) Reduces carbon emissions. B) Was created from the use of CFCs. C) Protects us from the sun's UV radiation. D) Creates the greenhouse effect. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Protects us from the sun's UV radiation. 16. A pollutant that is directly emitted from a source. A) Non-point source pollutant. B) Primary Pollutant. C) Secondary Pollutant. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Primary Pollutant. 17. What caused the Mexican government to restrict times when residents can drive their cars in Mexico City? A) Wanted to limit highway runoff. B) Highway construction destroyed natural resources. C) Supply of oil was running out. D) Dense traffic caused extreme pollution. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dense traffic caused extreme pollution. 18. Which of the following is a solution to acid precipitation? A) Reduce emissions from cars and factories. B) Increase the amount of electricity being used. C) Reduce the amount of annual volcanic eruptions. D) Increase the pH of our local water supplies. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Reduce emissions from cars and factories. 19. Greenhouse gases change the composition of this layer? A) Troposphere. B) Exosphere. C) Thermosphere. D) Mesosphere. E) Stratosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Troposphere. 20. Which of the following is a true statement about ozone? A) It's always helpful. B) It's always hermful. C) It's harmful when it's located in the upper atmosphere, but helpful when people breath it. D) It's helpful when it's located in the upper atmosphere, but harmful when people breath it. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It's helpful when it's located in the upper atmosphere, but harmful when people breath it. 21. CFC's once used in many household products contributed to the creation of a(n) ..... A) Hole in the ozone layer. B) Acid rain. C) Smog cloud. D) Temperature inversion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hole in the ozone layer. 22. Organic Compounds that vaporize easily. A) Mercury. B) Sulfur Oxides. C) VOC's. D) Nitrogen Oxides. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) VOC's. 23. Radon gas is most harmful to which part of the body? A) Heart. B) Eyes. C) Lungs. D) Kidneys. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lungs. 24. Cool air and pollutants can get trapped at Earth's surface under a layer of warm air in a process known as ..... A) Thermal acquisition. B) Temperature inversion. C) Smog. D) Acid precipitation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Temperature inversion. 25. Which of the following air pollutants is NOT a primary pollutant? A) Particulate matter. B) Sulfur dioxide. C) Volatile organic compounds. D) Ozone. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ozone. 26. These gases make up 78% and 20% of clean air respectively. A) Carbon and Argon. B) Nitrogen and oxygen. C) Radon and Neon. D) Oxygen and water vapor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nitrogen and oxygen. 27. The types of pollution are ..... A) Local, state, and federal. B) Landfills and recycling centers. C) Plastic, paper, and metal. D) Air, land, and water. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Air, land, and water. 28. Levels of which foul-smelling air pollutant would you expect to be especially high near a coal-burning power plant? A) Carbon monoxide. B) Nitrogen oxide. C) Sulfur Dioxide. D) Carbon dioxide. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sulfur Dioxide. 29. Which of the following best describes secondary pollutants? A) A polluant that is has been chemically changed in the atmosphere. B) Primary pollutants react with sunlight, water, and/or with other chemicals to form secondary pollutants. C) A pollutant that is directly emitted from a source. D) Both Orange and Red are correct statements. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Both Orange and Red are correct statements. 30. Emphysema, lung cancer, heart disease A) Sick-building syndrome. B) Short-term effects of air pollution. C) Indoor air pollution. D) Long-term effects of air pollution. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Long-term effects of air pollution. ← 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 8Air Pollution Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books