Environmental chemistry quiz

Q1. What is a glass building where plants are grown called?

A1. Greenhouse © NTScience.co.uk 2005 KS3 Unit 79g – Environmental Chemistry 3

Q2. Name the greenhouse gas produced when fossil fuels are burnt. © NTScience.co.uk 2005 KS3 Unit 79g – Environmental Chemistry 4

A2. Carbon dioxide © NTScience.co.uk 2005 KS3 Unit 79g – Environmental Chemistry 5

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

A3. Photosynthesis © NTScience.co.uk 2005 KS3 Unit 79g – Environmental Chemistry 7

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

A4. Resources © NTScience.co.uk 2005 KS3 Unit 79g – Environmental Chemistry 9

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

A5. Ultra-violet © NTScience.co.uk 2005 KS3 Unit 79g – Environmental Chemistry 11

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

A6. Pollution © NTScience.co.uk 2005 KS3 Unit 79g – Environmental Chemistry 13

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

A7. Acid rain © NTScience.co.uk 2005 KS3 Unit 79g – Environmental Chemistry 15

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

A8. Minerals © NTScience.co.uk 2005 KS3 Unit 79g – Environmental Chemistry 17

Q9. What is the visible form of energy called?

A9. Light © NTScience.co.uk 2005 KS3 Unit 79g – Environmental Chemistry 19

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

A10. Global warming © NTScience.co.uk 2005 KS3 Unit 79g – Environmental Chemistry 21

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

A11. Ozone © NTScience.co.uk 2005 KS3 Unit 79g – Environmental Chemistry 23

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

A12. The stratosphere © NTScience.co.uk 2005 KS3 Unit 79g – Environmental Chemistry 25

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

Q14. What do we call a substance like oil, coal or gas that is burnt in air to release chemical energy?

Q15. Where does all our energy originally come from?

Q16. Give the chemical name of "natural gas". It is also produced in large volumes by cattle.

Q17. What do we call calcium carbonate as a sedimentary rock?

Q18. Name the banned liquid refrigerants that destroy the ozone layer.

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