Chemical Pollution

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Understanding Chemical Pollution

Welcome to the "Understanding Chemical Pollution" quiz! This quiz is designed to test your knowledge about the various aspects of chemical pollution and its impact on our environment and health.

By participating, you will learn more about:

  • The definitions and types of chemical pollutants
  • Sources of pollution
  • Effects on ecosystems and human health
10 Questions2 MinutesCreated by CleansingStream742
What is chemical pollution? (Select the most suitable response)
The contamination of our environment with chemicals that are not found there naturally.
The contamination of our environment with chemicals that are found there naturally but now in excessive amounts.
Chemicals released into our environment that disrupts the balance of our ecosystems.
All of the above.
What is the term used to describe a substance that contaminates the air, water or land?
Pollutant
Landfill
Factory
Litter
Secondary pollutants are pollutants which form in the atmosphere. These pollutants are not emitted directly from a source (like vehicles or power plants).
 
Which of the following is a secondary pollutant?
Photosynthesis
Ozone
Freeze thaw
Carbon monoxide
Which is not released from burning fossil fuels?
Carbon Monoxide
Sulphur Dioxide
Carbon Dioxide
Copper Dioxide
Dissolved pollutant gases in the atmosphere can cause this type of precipitation?
Snow
Acid rain
Dew
Hail
How do chemical residue products harm consumer health? (Select all that applies)
Sickness
Decrease in prices
Death
Increase in prices
Discarded water bottles and Sulphur dioxide are examples of __ and __ pollutants?
Chemical; biological
Chemical; physical
Physical; chemical
biological; chemical
When cleaning out our home with chemicals, what is the best way to avoid contributing to ground water contamination?
Making sure chemicals get to a specialised hazardous waste landfill
Dumping the chemicals down the drain, since water treatment facilities will deal with them
Holding on to them at home until they evaporate
None of the above.
Runoff from farms and industrial sites can be deemed as chemical pollution.
True
False
The runoff of excess nutrients into aquatic ecosystems which creates algal bloom is __.
Eutrophication
Human activities
Companies
Matriculation
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