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Green chemistry

Total questions: 8

Worksheet time: 4mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Green chemistry is more expensive than traditional chemistry?

a)

True

b)

False

c)

Same

d)

None of them

2.

Which of the following are among the 12 Principles of Green Chemistry?

a)

Design commercially viable products

b)

Use only new solvents

c)

Use catalysts, not stoichiometric reagents

d)

Re-use

3.

Green chemists reduce risk by?

a)

Reducing the hazard inherent in a chemical product or process

b)

Minimizing the use of all chemicals

c)

Inventing technologies that will clean up toxic sites

d)

Developing recycled products

4.

Environmental benefits of green chemistry include?

a)

Fewer raw materials and natural resources used

b)

Cleaner production technologies & reduced emissions

c)

Smaller quantities of hazardous waste to be treated and disposed of

d)

All of the above

5.

Green chemistry aims to?

a)

Design chemical products and process that maximize profits

b)

Design safer chemical products and processes that reduce or eliminate the use and generation of hazardous substances

c)

Design chemical products and processes that work most efficiently

d)

Utilize non-renewable energy

6.

This word is synonymous with green chemistry and also means harmless, or gentle and not life threatening?

a)

Sustainable

b)

Benign

c)

User friendly

d)

Greenness

7.

The use of solar power is covered within Green Chemistry Principle #6, which is?

a)

Atom economy

b)

Design for energy efficiency

c)

Design benign chemicals

d)

Less hazardous synthesis

8.

Biodiesel is an example of which of the 12 Principles of Green Chemistry?

a)

#1 – Waste prevention

b)

#7 – Use of renewable feedstocks

c)

#9 – Use of catalysis

d)

#5 – Safer solvents