Environmental Pollution Quiz

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What is the definition of environmental pollution?

The influence of any substance causing nuisance, harmful effects, and uneasiness to organisms

The introduction of foreign elements into the environment

Any undesirable change in physical, chemical, or biological characteristics of air, water, or soil causing harmful effects on life or property (correct)

The presence of any substance causing uneasiness to the environment

What is a pollutant?

Any substance causing changes in the environment

Any foreign material introduced into the environment

Any substance causing nuisance, harmful effects, or uneasiness to organisms (correct)

Any substance causing uneasiness to the environment

How is pollution defined?

The alteration of the environment by any substance

The presence of any substance causing uneasiness to the environment

The influence of any substance causing nuisance, harmful effects, and uneasiness to organisms (correct)

The introduction of foreign elements into the environment

Which type of pollutants are directly emitted from the source?

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What are substances put into the air by the activities of mankind, in such concentrations, which are sufficient to cause harmful effects?

Air pollutants Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following is an example of a secondary pollutant?

Sulphur trioxide (SO3) Signup and view all the answers

According to the WHO (1999), what is the nature of the substances defined as 'Air pollutants'?

They cause harm or discomfort to humans or other living organisms Signup and view all the answers

What are pollutants that are formed in the atmosphere as a result of reactions between normal air constituents and primary pollutants or amongst primary pollutants only?

Secondary pollutants Signup and view all the answers

Environmental Pollution Quiz

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Questions and Answers

What is the definition of environmental pollution?

What is a pollutant?

How is pollution defined?

Which type of pollutants are directly emitted from the source?

What are substances put into the air by the activities of mankind, in such concentrations, which are sufficient to cause harmful effects?

Which of the following is an example of a secondary pollutant?

According to the WHO (1999), what is the nature of the substances defined as 'Air pollutants'?

What are pollutants that are formed in the atmosphere as a result of reactions between normal air constituents and primary pollutants or amongst primary pollutants only?

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Environmental Pollution Quiz

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Questions and Answers

What is the definition of environmental pollution?

What is a pollutant?

How is pollution defined?

Which type of pollutants are directly emitted from the source?

What are substances put into the air by the activities of mankind, in such concentrations, which are sufficient to cause harmful effects?

Which of the following is an example of a secondary pollutant?

According to the WHO (1999), what is the nature of the substances defined as 'Air pollutants'?

What are pollutants that are formed in the atmosphere as a result of reactions between normal air constituents and primary pollutants or amongst primary pollutants only?

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