Harmful Effects of Air Pollution

Q. State true or false.
Carbon dioxide is one of the greenhouse gases and an increase in the carbon dioxide content in the atmosphere would cause more heat to be retained by the atmosphere and lead to global warming.

1. True
2. False

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${\mathrm{SO}}_2$ pollution is indicated by excessive growth of which the following?

1. Algal Blooms

2. Lichens

3. Bryophytes

4. Protozoa

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What is effect of global warming on sea level?

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How climate change affects the ecosystem?

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Ozone layer depletion is caused due to

1. CFCs

2. Nitrogen Oxides

3. Methane

4. Sulphur Oxides

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What is photochemical smog composed of?

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X is a gas popularly called as laughing gas. It is also used as an anesthesia. X is

1. Nitrous Oxide

2. Nitrogen dioxide

3. Nitric oxide

4. Dinitrogen pentaoxide

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Give three names of respiratory problems caused by air pollution.

Q. Which part of the plant is affected by $S{O}_2$ pollution?

1. Chloroplast
2. Mitochondria
3. Lysosome
4. E.R.

Q. The gas responsible for Bhopal Gas Tragedy is ________.

1. Methyl isocyanate
2. Ammonia
3. Hydrochloric acid
4. None of these

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In November 2016, the national capital city, New Delhi has faced a severe increase in air pollution levels which continued for more than 2 weeks. Identify the major contributors to this situation from the below-given options.

1. True

2. False

3. Burning of stubble (crop residue) in the nearby farming villages
4. Cigarette smoking

Q. Carbon dioxide, argon, methane, ozone and water vapour are also present in air in:

1. very small quantities
2. very large quantities
3. equal quantities
4. None of these

Q. Which is the most abundant gas in our atmosphere ?

1. Nitrogen
2. Oxygen
3. Carbon dioxide
4. Carbon monoxide

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In November 2016, the national capital city, New Delhi faced a severe increase in air pollution levels which continued for more than 2 weeks. Identify the major contributors to this situation from the options given below.

1. True

2. False

3. Burning of stubble (crop residue) in farming villages from nearby states.

4. Cigarette smoking

Q. Air pollution causes damage to human health either in _____ or _______.

1. short term, long term
2. short term
3. extended term
4. none of these

Q. Irritation in the eye, nose and throat are the effects of ________.

1. air pollution
2. soil pollution
3. noise pollution
4. none of these

Q. Ozone layer depletion is due to ________.

1. air pollution
2. soil pollution
3. water pollution
4. none of these

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During the winter season, a person sleeps in a closed room with burning firewood. He experiences nausea and giddiness. The emission of which of the following gas is responsible for it?

1. Carbon dioxide

2. Nitrous oxide
3. Sulphur dioxide
4. Carbon monoxide

Q. Greenhouse effect is caused due to ___________.

1. noise pollution
2. air pollution
3. water pollution
4. none of these

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The combination of tropospheric ozone, smoke and fog produces

___ .

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Which of the following is responsible for acid rain?

1. Nitrogen Oxide

2. Both Sulphur dioxide and nitrogen oxide

3. Sulphur dioxide

4. Iron oxide

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The Sulphur dioxide can mix with water to make __

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6 h) Is there any relation between pollution and health. Explain?

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Air pollution affects ___ process of animals.

1. nervous

2. digestion

3. breathing

4. excretory

Q. Global warming is the phenomenon arising due to air pollution causing damage to ______.

1. Environment
2. Earth
3. Human health
4. All of these

Q. Melting of glaciers and flooding of deltas are due to _________.

1. Air pollution
2. Noise pollution
3. None of these
4. Water pollution

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Which of the following is responsible for acid rain?

1. Nitrogen Oxide

2. Sulphur dioxide

3. Iron oxide

4. Both Nitrogen Oxide and sulphur dioxide

Q. Bhopal Gas Tragedy was the worst industrial accident that happened on ________.

1. December 4, 1985
2. December 5, 1986
3. December 7, 1987
4. December 3, 1984

Q. Photochemical smog formed in congested metropolitan cities mainly consists of

1. Ozone, peroxyacetyl nitrate and Nox
2. Smoke, peroxyacetyl nitrate and $S{O}_2$
3. Hydrocarbons, $S{O}_2$ and $C{O}_2$
4. Hydrocarbons, ozone and Sox

Q. If there was no $C{O}_2$ in the earth’s atmosphere, the temperature of earth’s surface would be

1. The same
2. Less than the present level
3. Increase from present level
4. Dependent upon oxygen amount of the environment