Catalytic Converter Lab Quiz

Which of the following are released by car emissions?

• a) VOCs

• b) O3

• c) NOx

• d) photochemical poison

• e) both a and c

Carbon monoxide and C2H4:

• increase happiness

• lead to the formation of clouds

• are most problematic in rural areas

• are produced by incomplete combustion

Name a gas which enters a catalytic converter. 

• Methane
• Hexane
• Nitrogen Monoxide
• Carbon Monoxide

Name a gas which exits a catalytic converter.

• Hexane
• Octane
• Helium
• Oxygen

VOC stands for

• Vaporous Olfactory Composite

• Volatile Organic Compound

• Viscous Odoriferous Chemical

• Vicious Orangutan Cabal

A catalytic converter in a car uses 2 types of catalysts: a reduction catalyst, and an oxidization catalyst.

• True

• False

Real catalytic converters reduce pollution by as much as 90%

• True

• False

Catalytic converters warm up slowly in cold weather and do not work as well.

• True

• False