Environmental Chemistry - Online Test

Q1. Chemical species present in the environment are either naturally occurring or generated by human activities. The study of their interaction with and effects on the environment is called as:
Answer : Option C
Explaination / Solution:

Environmental chemistry basically deals with the origin, transport, reaction and effects of various chemical species of natural or human origin in the environment. It is a part of environmental studies that deals with all other aspects and interactions of environment.

Q2. The effect of undesirable changes in the environment causing harm to living beings is termed as:
Answer : Option B
Explaination / Solution:

Environmental pollution is the harmful effect of undesirable changes caused by substances of chemical, biological or human origin.

Q3. Dichloro-diphenyl-trichloro-ethane (DDT), plastic materials, heavy metals etc. belong to which of the following category of pollutants in environment :
Answer : Option D
Explaination / Solution:

DDT, plastic materials and heavy metals like cadmium, mercury and arsenic are not degradable by natural biological processes by bacteria or any other microbe. Therefore they are non-biodegradable.

Q4. Which of the following pollutants can degrade by natural processes :
Answer : Option A
Explaination / Solution:

Vegetables have cell walls made up of cellulose which is a natural polymer and thus is bio-degradable, so they breakdown by natural processes.

Q5. Tropospheric and stratospheric pollution are actually the components of :
Answer : Option C
Explaination / Solution:

Tropospheric and stratospheric pollution is the pollution associated with tropospheric and stratospheric layers of atmosphere so they are components of atmospheric pollution.

Q6. Stratosphere is a region of the atmosphere which contains :
Answer : Option C
Explaination / Solution:

Stratosphere, which is the second layer of atmosphere, contains ozone layer that absorbs UV-radiation from sun's rays.

Q7. Troposphere is a region of the atmosphere which contains :
Answer : Option D
Explaination / Solution:

Troposphere is the lowest layer of the atmosphere where all living beings including humans live. It also has air, much water vapours, clouds and is turbulent in nature.

Q8. Tropospheric pollution is caused by :
Answer : Option C
Explaination / Solution:

Various oxides of sulphur, nitrogen and carbon like SO2, SO3, NO, NO2, CO and CO2 cause tropospheric pollutionand inflict harm to living beings.

Q9. Acid rain is :
Answer : Option A
Explaination / Solution:

The acidic gaseous pollutants like oxides of sulphur and nitrogen react with water and come down to earth in form of acid rain.

Q10. Sewage containing organic waste should not be disposed in water bodies because it causes major water pollution. Fishes in such a polluted water bodies die because of :
Answer : Option C
Explaination / Solution:

Organic waste disposed in water bodies causes the death of fishes because bacteria present in them decompose the organic waste and consume oxygen in it leaving lesser oxygen for fishes and other aquatic animals for respiration.