Quiz  /  Air Pollution Class 10 MCQ Questions With Answers

  • 1. 
    US cars made starting in 1975 had to have a _____ and burn unleaded gasoline to comply with the Clean Air Act.

  • combustion chamber
  • electrostatic precipitator
  • scrubber
  • catalytic converter
  • baghouse filter

  • 2. 
    Air pollution can cause...

  • asthma
  • lung cancer
  • emphysema
  • ALL OF THE ABOVE

  • 3. 
    Which agreement allowed for a reduction, and eventual elimination, of CFC production and use?

  • Montreal Protoccol
  • Kyoto Protoccol
  • Paris Agreement
  • Cartagena Protocol
  • Clean Air Act

  • 4. 
    The air pollution prevention device used by coal & oil burning power plants, for SOx and particulates removal, is most likely a combination of which two of these?

  • electrostatic precipitator
  • wet scrubber
  • cyclone separator
  • Both A & B

  • 5. 
    Can occur in tightly sealed buildings

  • disease
  • air pollution
  • sick-building syndrome

  • 6. 
    This colorless gas is deadly because it binds to your red blood cells instead of oxygen. This deprives your major organs of oxygen and results in death.

  • Carbon Dioxide
  • Carbon Monoxide
  • Sulfur Dioxide
  • Nitrogen Dioxide

  • 7. 
    Which is NOT a result of the reduction in stratospheric ozone?

  • reduced photosynthetic activity
  • increased skin cancer
  • increased likelihood of cataracts
  • increased birth defects

  • 8. 
    Provides a protective shield around the earth in the stratosphere, but also can cause problems for living organisms in the troposphere when NOx + VOCs + sun happens

  • Atmosphere
  • Ozone
  • Clouds
  • Smog

  • 9. 
    Long term effects of air pollution

  • headache, eye irritation, coughing, bronchitis
  • emphysema, lung cancer, heart disease
  • stress, hearing loss, high blood pressure

  • 10. 
    Though CFC production has been curtailed, the threat to the ozone layer continues because CFCs

  • become harmless quickly.
  • destroy ozone for only a short time.
  • persist but stop destroying ozone.
  • persist and continue to destroy ozone for decades.

  • 11. 
    Which is not part of correcting sick-building syndrome?

  • removing sources of indoor air pollution
  • sealing cracks where air leaks into the building
  • cleaning air ducts
  • improving ventilation

  • 12. 
    Put directly into the air by human activities

  • secondary pollution
  • smog
  • primary pollution

  • 13. 
    Atmospheric condition that traps pollution near the ground

  • primary pollutant
  • temperature inversion
  • particulate matter

  • 14. 
    Which air pollutant scars the lungs?

  • radon
  • fungi
  • asbestos

  • 15. 
    Which is a natural indoor air pollutant?

  • carbon monoxide
  • radon
  • nitrogen oxide
  • All of above

  • 16. 
    Indoor air pollution

  • Carpets
  • cleaning fluids
  • asbestos
  • All of above

  • 17. 
    Acid Shock

  • Situation in which humans are exposed to acid rain and their skin is burned.
  • Leads to ozone formation.
  • A situation in which snow that is acidic melts in spring and runs off into aquatic ecosystems drastically changing the PH.
  • Occurs when plants are exposed to acid rain.

  • 18. 
    Which of the following is true of air pollution and human health?

  • years of research link air pollution to lung diseases
  • air pollution is listed often as cause of death
  • there are no health effects from polluted air
  • healthy adults do not need to worry about air pollution

  • 19. 
    Short term effects of air pollution

  • headache, eye irritation, coughing, bronchitis
  • emphysema, lung cancer, heart disease
  • causes stress, high blood pressure, hearing loss

  • 20. 
    Second layer of the atmosphere, extending about 17-48 kilometers above the earth’s surface. It contains a layer of gaseous ozone, which filters out about 95% of the incoming harmful ultraviolet radiation emitted by the sun

  • Mesosphere
  • Troposphere
  • Stratosphere
  • Ozone

  • 21. 
    When the air above is warmer than the air below, it is called a

  • Temperature shift
  • Temperature change
  • Temperature or thermal inversion
  • Temperature reversal

  • 22. 
    Noise pollution side effects include

  • headache, eye irritation, couching, bronchitis
  • emphysema, lung cancer, heart disease
  • causes stress, high blood pressure, hearing loss

  • 23. 
    Most carbon monoxide come from

  • Factories
  • internal combustion for transportation
  • Chemical waste
  • Fires

  • 24. 
    About how many cycles can a single chlorine atom make in its quest to break down ozone molecules?

  • 5,000
  • 10,000
  • 50,000
  • 100,000

  • 25. 
    Which device helps clean car exhausts?

  • electrostatic precipitator
  • catalytic converter
  • scrubber

  • 26. 
    The air pollution prevention device used for removal of small toxic particles, but creates a water disposal problem is a(n)

  • electrostatic precipitator
  • wet scrubber
  • cyclone separator
  • baghouse filter

  • 27. 
    Which is the secondary air pollutant?

  • carbon monoxide
  • ozone
  • particulate matter

  • 28. 
    Location of the largest whole in the ozone.

  • Antarctica
  • Artic
  • Iceland
  • Africa

  • 29. 
    Vehicle pollution control device that converts most NOx, VOCs, & Carbon Monoxide to H2O, CO2, & Nitrogen gas.

  • Wet Scrubber
  • Bag house filter
  • Electrostatic Precipitator
  • Catalytic Converter
  • Cyclone Separator

  • 30. 
    A source of air pollution before modern times

  • Sea-coal
  • ozone
  • carbon
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