HURDCO INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL

Topics: Atmosphere and Environment

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Subject: Chemistry
Grade:
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Q1. What is a glass building where plants are grown called?
A. Glasshouse

C. Warehouse

B. Greenhouse

D. Waterhouse

Q2. Name the greenhouse gas produced when fossil fuels are burnt.
A. Nitrogen

C. Carbon dioxide

B. Oxygen

D. Hydrogen

Q3. Name the process used by green plants to convert light energy to chemical
energy.
A. Photosynthesis

C. Combustion

B. Respiration

D. Depression

Q4. What do we call all the raw materials on the earth?

A. Resources

C. Gas

B. Recycle

D. Solid

Q5. What type of light, just beyond the visible spectrum, causes cataracts and skin
cancer?
A. Wave

C. Sound

B. Ultra-violet Radiation

D. Photon

Q6. What do you call chemical or radioactive contamination of the environment by

humans?
A. Pollution

C. Diffusion

B. Absorption

D. Condensation

Q7. What is liquid pollution from the skies that kills trees and lakes called?
A. Acid rain

C. Rain water

B. Tap water

D. Alkaline rain

Q8. What are valuable chemical compounds found in the earth's crust called?
A. Raw

C. Rock

B. Minerals

D. Acids

Q9. What is the visible form of energy called?

A. Heat

B. Light

C. Sound

D. Matter

Q10. What is the process where the average temperature of the earth increases
called?
A. Global Warming

C. Absorption

B. Diffusion

D. Ozone layer

Q11. Name the form of oxygen that protects us from harmful ultraviolet radiation.
A. Ozone

C. Hydrosphere

B. CFC

D. None

Q12. What is the very high region of the atmosphere where jet airliners fly called?
A. The stratosphere

C. Mesosphere

B. Troposphere

D. Hydrosphere

Q13. What are petrified (stony) remains of prehistoric plants and animals called?
A. Matter

C. Alkali

B. Fossils

D. Acids

Q14. Which one of the following is not an air pollutant?

A. Nitrogen

C. Nitrogen oxides

B. Carbon monoxide

D. Vaporised lead compounds

Q15. Which gas is the main cause of damage to iron and steel structures?
A. Carbon monoxide

C. Methane

B. Sulphur dioxide

D. Carbon dioxide

Q16. What do we call a substance like oil, coal or gas that is burnt in air to release
chemical energy?
.......Fuel...............
Q17. Where does all our energy originally come from? ....The
Sun....................................
Q18. Give the chemical name of "natural gas". It is also produced in large volumes
by cattle. ..........Methane...............
Q19. What do we call calcium carbonate as a sedimentary rock?
........Limestone.............
Q20. Name the banned liquid refrigerants that destroy the ozone layer.

..CFCs (Chloro-fluoro-carbon compounds).......