Chapter 10: Energy Efficiency and Climate Change

Ozone layer is highly unstable, is produced and destroyed naturally in the stratosphere 

• true

• false

HCFC is a ozone friendly refrigerant

• true

• false

NO2 is one of the GHG under Kyoto protocol

• true

• false

 Kyoto protocol includes legally binding emissions target for non-Annex-1 countries

• true

• false

 USA did not ratify the Kyoto protocol

• true

• false

.Without naturally occurring GHG such as CO2, methane, water vapor, etc the earth average surface temperature would be

• Very high > 40 deg C

• Less than -15 dec C

• More tolerable 15 deg C to 20 deg C

 ______________ is a more potent GHG used in insulation, electric power transmission equipment, etc

• Perfluorocarbon

• NO2

• N2O

• SF6

India is the _________ largest contributor in terms of GHG emissions in the world

• fourth

• second

• fifth

• third

UNFCCC came into force from __________

• 1992

• 1994

• 1997

• 2001

Which one is not a greenhouse gas

• Carbon monoxide

• Methane

• Carbon dioxide

• Hydrofluorocarbons