Quiz Competition on Environment Pollution
On the occasion of Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat Programme , Environmental Information System on Avian Ecology at the Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS-ENVIS) and ENVIS Centre For Environmental Studies (CES), Forest, Environment and Climate Change Department , Government of Odisha , are jointly organizing a Quiz Competition.
This Contest is open for 8th to 10th standard students.
Theme: Environment Pollution
Last Date of Submission: 25th February 2022
E Certificate will be provided to all the participants.
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Here You can sell all the questions and answers which are asked in this quiz competition
1.Plastic waste is such a problem because it takes so long to break down. How many years does it take a plastic bottle to decompose?
4.5 years
45 years
450 years
4,500 years
2. Coral reefs are threatened by plastic pollution as well as climate change. Experts predict that 90% of coral reefs will be dead by which year?
2050
2100
2150
2200
3. What can you do to help stop plastic pollution?
Reuse shopping bags
Use a steel, glass or bamboo straw
Pick up any plastic litter you find
All of the above
4. Tiny particles of plastic are added to cosmetic products and toothpaste. What are the particles called?
Smallballs
Tinybits
Microbeads
Littlelumps
5. What is a “digital dump”?
a place where electronics can be dropped off at a scheduled time before they are sorted and taken to recycling centers
a section of a regulated and permitted landfill where electronics are disassembled for shipping and recycling
a place where electronics are broken down and recycled without much regard for the environment or human health
a place were people can either drop off electronics or shop for salvaged electronics
6. Which kinds of plastics do most towns and cities recycle?
1s and 2s
anything with a recycling number
5s and 6s
3s and 4s
7. What is the recycling symbol for plastic?
three bent arrows in a triangle with a number inside
a number in a circle
one arrow curved in a circle with a number inside
four bent arrows in a square with a number inside
8. Which of the following food-soiled papers should you not put in the food scrap composting or yard waste bin?
Paper towels
Paper napkins
Greasy cardboard pizza delivery boxes
Plastic cups, utensils and plates
9. Which ONE of the following items DOES belong in the blue recycling container?
Food scraps such as a banana peel
A plastic bottle
A straw
A bottle cap
10. Which of the following is done on an individual level?
Burning
Disposal
Recycling
Source reduction
11. Good ozone is found in the
stratosphere
ionosphere
troposphere
mesosphere
12. This is not the consequence of ozone layer depletion
melanoma – skin cancer type
increased ultraviolet radiations
tides
cyanobacteria are sensitive to UV rays and would be affected by its increase
13. Greenhouses gases causing a rise of 3℃ rise in the overall global temperature in the past century are CFCs. The CFC used in refrigerators is
Ammonia
Freon
Methane
carbon dioxide
14. Main cause of ozone holes and their depletion is
propellants
foam-blowing agents
halocarbon refrigerants
all of these
15. Ozone can be destroyed by the following free radical(s)
chlorine radical (Cl)
hydroxyl radicals (OH)
nitric oxide radical (NO)
all of these
16. Following form(s) of oxygen is/are involved in ozone-oxygen cycle
triatomic oxygen (O3)
diatomic oxygen (O2)
atomic oxygen (O)
all of these
17. Ozone-depleting substance chiefly utilized in (I) chimneys (II) all of the human activities (III) burning fossil fuels (IV) cooling and refrigeration applications and in the manufacturer of foam products
All
Only IV
Only I, II and III
Only I and II
18. Montreal protocol is related to the
food security
global warming
sustainable development
ozone layer depletion
19. This is a major risk linked with extreme ultraviolet rays through the atmosphere as a result of ozone layer depletion
neurological disorder
digestive system gets damaged
increased liver cancer
increased skin cancer
20. UV rays is higher in summer as
during summer, ozone is more in the atmosphere
sun is busy in summer specially
sun is closer to planet earth so UV rays have a shorter distance to travel and reach us
none of the above
21. Anthropogenic sources of carbon dioxide are 20 times greater than natural carbon dioxide sources.
True
False
22. Which layer of the atmosphere is also called the Ozonosphere?
Troposphere
Stratosphere
Mesosphere
Exosphere
23. What is the average concentration of ozone in the ozone layer of the atmosphere?
Nearly 100%
Greater than 90%
Between 10-50%
Less than 10ppm (parts per million)
24. Who discovered the ozone layer?
Henri Buisson & Charles Fabry
Carl Sagan & Charles Fabry
G.M.B Dobson
Carl Sagan &G.M.B Dobson
25. Which of the following devices can be used to measure ozone in the stratosphere from the ground?
Spectrometer
Photometer
Spectrophotometer
Spectro-ozonometer
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