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Air pollution

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
This picture shows people walking through a highly-polluted city in China. From what type of pollution are they protecting themselves based on what they are wearing?

a)
air pollution
b)
water pollution
c)
land pollution
d)
noise pollution
2.

Which pair below are the two main sources of air pollution in urban (populated) areas?

a)

vehicles, volcanoes

b)

vehicles, industries

c)

Industries, agriculture

d)

All of the above

3.

Which is true of air pollution and human health?

a)

Years of research link air pollution to lung diseases, birth defects, and cancer

b)

Air pollution is commonly listed as a cause of death.

c)

None of the health effects of air pollution are reversible.

d)

Healthy adults are most affected by air pollution.

4.

Which of the following pH measurements of rainwater would indicate acid precipitation/rain?

a)

pH 6.0

b)

pH 4.1

c)

pH 7.3

d)

pH 9.6

5.
A large percentage of emissions resulting in air pollution today comes from _________________.
a)
motor vehicles
b)
factories
c)
farm animals
d)
ozone depletion
6.
_____________________ is created when chemicals in polluted air react with water vapor to form harmful compounds which can damage plants, waterways, metals and stone. 
a)
Ozone
b)
Radon
c)
Toxic sludge
d)
Acid rain
7.
The ____________________ protects people from the effects of too much ultraviolet radiation.
a)
ozone layer
b)
smog layer
c)
cloud cover
d)
temperature inversion
8.

Which of these molecules is not an air pollutant?

a)

NO2

b)

Oxygen

c)

CO

d)

SO2

9.

Which of these is produced by incomplete combustion?

a)

CO2

b)

CO

c)

Nitrogen

d)

SO2

10.

Which molecules combines with water vapour to form acid rain?

a)

Nitrogen & CO

b)

Helium & SO2

c)

SO2 & NO

d)

Oxygen and Argon

11.

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

12.

Which of the following can reduce vehicle air pollution?

a)

Walk or cycle

b)

Use public transport

c)

Not properly maintained vehicles

13.
An air pollution prevention mechanism found in vehicles. 
a)
combustion chamber
b)
electrostatic precipitator
c)
scrubber
d)
catalytic converter