Name of the student
ID
FALL 2014
COL-260
QUIZ-3
PART-1-MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS
CHOOSE THE BEST ANSWER
1) Which of the following is a secondary pollutant?
a) Carbon dioxide
b) Carbon monoxide
c) Ozone
d) Sulphur dioxide
2) Air pollution can be: a) Natural
b) Anthropogenic
c) Both a and b
3) Carbon monoxide is a pollutant because: a) It reacts with hemoglobin
b) It causes cancer
c) It reacts with oxygen
d) It makes the nervous system inactive
4) Which among these is a natural cause of air pollution?
a) Forest fires
b) Oil spills
c) Fossil fuels
5) Which of the following is not a contributor to the green house gases?
a) Carbon dioxide
b) Carbon monoxide
c) Nitrous oxide
d) Methane
6) Ozone depletion is caused by: a) Chlorofluorocarbons
b) Carbon dioxide
c) Sulfur dioxide
d) Oxygen
7) Which gas is present in largest amount in earth’s atmosphere?
a) Nitrogen
b) Oxygen
c) Carbon dioxide
d) Carbon monoxide
8) ‘‘The world’s most industrialized and developed countries are the major
contributors of the green house gases’’
The above statement is
a) True
b) False
9) What can people do to help reduce the air pollution?
 a. Use buses and trains instead of cars
 b. Have regular light bulbs
 c. Use very often the air conditional
10) Ozone is good in the __________, but a pollutant in the __________.
 a) Mesosphere; troposphere
 b) Mesosphere; stratosphere
 c) Stratosphere; troposphere
 d) Troposphere; stratosphere
11) _______________________ and____________________ mix with water vapor
in the air to produce acid rain
a) Carbon and oxygen
b) Nitrogen and oxygen
c) Nitrogen and sulphur
12) Ozone layer helps us by protecting us from: a) Germs
b) Ultraviolet radiations of the sun
c) Gamma rays
d) X-rays
13) Green house effect helps us in: a)
b)
c)
d)
Keeping the temperature on earth balanced
Growing vegetables
Protecting us from the UV rays
Making the planet green
14) Trees are important to avoid global warming because they absorb
a) Carbon dioxide
b) Sunlight
c) Water
d) Oxygen
15) Photochemical smog is formed when primary pollutants interact with: a) Sunlight
b) Carbon
c) Oxygen
d) Nitrogen
16) The KYOTO PROTOCOL is an agreement between countries with an objective
to reduce or stabilize: a) Smoking
b) Waste
c) Oil spills
d) Green house gases
PART-2
Q.15) List the major sources of the following outdoor pollutants.
(4 pts)
a) Carbon monoxide (CO)- Transportation, industries
b) Sulphur dioxide (SO2)- Power plants, industries
c) Volatile organic compounds (VOC)- industries, transportation
d) Particulate matter- Industries
16) Explain any two ways of doing carbon sequestration?( 2pts)
Ans. 1) Plant more trees as trees help absorb carbon dioxide and can act as a natural
storage.
2) Carbon dioxide can be liquefied and stored in reservoirs or containers
17) What are the major arguments about the KYOTO PROTOCOL?
(3 pts)
Ans. 1) US , though being the country with highest carbon emissions did not
ratify the treaty.
2) The treaty was legally binding for the developed, ANNEX-B countries
while for the developing nations it was not. This led to a criticism that the treaty
was unfair.
3) Few nations, did not sign the treaty.