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SPACE

Total questions: 63

Worksheet time: 47mins

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Class
Date
1.

Secondary pollutants are formed from the reaction of

a)

Primary pollutants

b)

Radon

c)

Carbon monoxide

d)

Smog

2.

Which of the following is an example of a primary pollutant?

a)

Sick building syndrome

b)

Acid rain

c)

Sulfuric acid

d)

Carbon monoxide

3.

For measuring how acidic or basic something is, the ________________ scale is used

a)

pH

b)

Litmus

c)

Richter

d)

Acid/base

4.

When harmful substances build up in the air to unhealthy levels, it is called

a)

Smog

b)

Primary pollutant

c)

Secondary pollutant

d)

Air pollution

5.

Pollution hanging over urban areas that causes reduced visibility is called

a)

Air pollution

b)

Smog

c)

Temperature inversion

d)

Light pollution

6.

What are the pollutants known to cause acid rain?

a)

nitrogen oxides and sulfur dioxide (sulfur compounds)

b)

Low pH and Acid

c)

Lemon Juice and Battery Acid

d)

Particulate Matter and Carbon Dioxide

7.

What can humans do to reduce the effects of acid rain?

a)

Use Less Energy

b)

Develop Alternate Energy Sources (Solar Power, Wind Energy)

c)

Stop Burning Fossil Fuels

d)

All of the Answers are Correct

8.

CFC's cause harm to our

a)

Troposphere

b)

Inversion Layer

c)

Ozone Layer

d)

Carbon Dioxide

9.

Where is the Ozone Layer found in our atmosphere?

a)

Troposphere (lower portion)

b)

Stratosphere (upper portion)

10.

When the Ozone Layer loses Ozone what happens to organisms on the earth's surface?

a)

They are exposed to Smog

b)

They are exposed to Ultraviolet B Radiation

c)

Nothing happens

d)

They are exposed to Acid Rain

11.

Select the natural form of air pollution.

a)

CFC's

b)

Burning Fossil Fuels

c)

Forest Fires

d)

Paints and Solvents

12.

Used on Industries/factory stacks to remove gases and particulate.

a)

Filters

b)

Scrubbers/absorbents

c)

Emission reducers

d)

Filter Strips

13.

What is a primary pollutant?

a)

pollutants that react with other primary pollutants

b)

pollutant that is put directly into air by human activities

14.

A type of pollution found both indoors and outdoors, which includes pollen, dander, soot, carbon, and dust.

a)

Water droplets

b)

Particulate matter

c)

Allergens

d)

Combustibles

15.

Which one is treated as BAD OZONE

a)

Stratospheric ozone

b)

mesospheric ozone

c)

tropospheric ozone

d)

atmospheric ozone

16.

Water pollution includes

a)

organisms in water that cause disease

b)

water that is too cold

c)

high amounts of dissolved oxygen

d)

all of these options

17.

Which of the following might count as water pollution?

a)

water that doesn't have enough phosphate

b)

water that doesn't have enough nitrate

c)

water that is too hot

d)

water that has too much dissolved oxygen

18.

Which is a category of water pollution?

a)

dihydrogen monoxide

b)

sediment

c)

medical

d)

food

19.

Too much phosphate in water is what category of water pollution?

a)

inorganic

b)

organic

c)

heat

d)

nutrient

20.

What is true about eutrophication in lakes and other bodies of water?

a)

it is always natural

b)

it is always artificial

c)

it can cause too much algae to grow

d)

none of these are true

21.

Lead in water is what kind of water pollution category?

a)

organic

b)

nutrient

c)

disease-causing organisms

d)

inorganic

22.

Phosphate can get into water because of what substances causing water pollution?

a)

sewage

b)

cleaning products

c)

fertilizer

d)

all of these options

23.

Why do algae blooms happen?

a)

there are too many nutrients in the water

b)

there is not enough turbidity in the water

c)

there are too many fish in the water

d)

all of these options

24.

What can be toxic?

a)

coffee

b)

water

c)

juice

d)

all of these options

25.

What is true about water pollution?

a)

all water is polluted

b)

nutrients are not pollutants

c)

there is a way to make water 100% pure

d)

all of these are true

26.

Another way to talk about water pollution is to talk about water _______________

a)

quantity

b)

quality

c)

speed

d)

all of these options

27.

Water pollution can be

a)

biological

b)

temperature

c)

physical

d)

all of these

28.

Water regulations usually start around

a)

parts per hundred

b)

parts per million

c)

parts per thousand

d)

parts per ten

29.

The problem of Jaffrey Lake is based on

a)

natural eutrophication

b)

not enough nutrients in the lake

c)

artificial eutrophication

d)

too much dissolved oxygen in the lake

30.

What does it mean to degrade water quality?

a)

water is good

b)

water is bad

c)

water is ok

d)

water passes regulations but probably isn't pleasant

31.

What is turbidity?

a)

how clear the water is

b)

how much oxygen water has

c)

how much phosphate water has

d)

how much nitrate water has

32.

Warmer water tends to have

a)

none of these

b)

more dissolved oxygen

c)

less phosphate

d)

less nitrate

33.

Water with a pH of 14 is

a)

acidic

b)

basic

c)

safe to drink

d)

neutral

34.

What can cause water pH to change?

a)

mining waste

b)

agricultural runoff

c)

industrial pollution

d)

all of these options

35.

What can increase levels of nitrate in water?

a)

sewage

b)

pesticides

c)

mining waste

d)

all of these options

36.

Suspended particles in the air are known as ?

a)

fume

b)

dust

c)

aerosol

d)

mist

37.

Which one of the following is not a source of air pollution?

a)

automobile exhaust

b)

windmill

c)

burning of firewood

d)

powerplant

38.

Increase in cases of skin cancer and high mutation rate are the result of ?

a)

ozone depletion

b)

acid rain

c)

C02 pollution

d)

air pollution

39.

Name the particulate, which comes out of chimney in form of smoke?

a)

fume

b)

dust

c)

smog

d)

plume

40.

Most polluted river in INDIA is?

a)

Ganga

b)

Chenab

c)

Kaveri

d)

Satluj

41.

Vinyl chloride is a chemical that is widely used in the manufacture of ?

a)

leather

b)

metals

c)

plastic

d)

rubber

42.

Excess of in water causes Minamata

disease ?

a)

mercury

b)

lead

c)

tin

d)

methyl

43.

Dobson units are used to measure?

a)

Thickness of the ozone layer

b)

Loudness of sound

c)

Amount of CFCs in the atmosphere

d)

None of the above

44.

The presence of air pollutant during rain causes?

a)

Low acidity

b)

Neutral conditions

c)

High acidity

d)

None of the above

45.

The toxic substance in the Bhopal gas tragedy was?

a)

NO2 (Nitrogen Dioxide )

b)

SO2 (Sulphur Dioxide)

c)

DDT (Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane)

d)

MIC (Methyl isocyanate)

46.

Technological controls for particulates in industry includes?

a)

Scrubbers

b)

Precipitators

c)

Filters

d)

All of the above

47.

Minamata disease was caused by eating fish which had high levels of?

a)

Arsenic

b)

Mercury

c)

Cadmium

d)

All of the above

48.

Sulphur dioxide contributes to the following problems except?

a)

Damage of buildings

b)

Acid Rain

c)

Death of vegetation

d)

Photochemical smog

49.

Bioaccumulation of DDT in birds of prey results in?

a)

Premature breaking of eggs

b)

thin shell of eggs

c)

Both a & b

d)

Neither a nor b

50.

Soil Erosion can be checked by?

a)

Contour Trenches

b)

Bunds

c)

Gabions

d)

All of the above

51.

Waste is classified as hazardous if it is?

a)

Toxic

b)

Corrosive

c)

Reactive

d)

None of the above

e)

All of the above

52.

What is the unit for sound measurement ?

a)

decibel

b)

hertz

c)

meter

d)

sound

53.

In which are the following forms, the waste products are discharged into the biosphere?

?

a)

gaseous

b)

liquid

c)

solid

d)

All of the above

54.

The best way to stop the formation of acid rain?

a)

By reducing the emission of Sulphur dioxide

b)

By reducing the emission of nitrogen

oxides into the atmosphere

c)

By using more natural gases instead of fossil fuels

d)

All of the above

55.

Choose the correct option in reference of organic gas ?

a)

Monoxide

b)

Oxygen

c)

Hydrogen

d)

Ammonia

56.

CO, SO2, PM, O3, NO2, Pb, these are

a)

Primary pollutant

b)

Secondary pollutant

c)

Criteria pollutant

d)

None

57.

H2O, CH4, CFC, CO2, N2O , these are

a)

Criteria Pollutant

b)

Primary Pollutant

c)

Green house gas

d)

none

58.

Source of N2O

a)

Fertilizers

b)

Automobile Exhaust

c)

Both Automobile Exhaust and Fertilizers

d)

none

59.

Which one is causes of Global Warming

a)

Increase in green house gases

b)

burning of fossil fuels

c)

carbon pollution is the transportation sector

d)

All

60.

Which is not responsible for acid rain

a)

CO2

b)

SO2

c)

NO2

d)

PM

61.

Ozone layer is depleted by

a)

CFC

b)

CO2

c)

SO2

d)

None

62.

What is freons

a)

CFC

b)

PM

c)

HC

d)

None

63.

What are Effects of Ozone Layer Depletion

a)

Skin cancer

b)

•Eye and lung irritation

c)

•Reduced photosynthesis

d)

All

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