1617-EC42 Sample AMS Questions

1. What are three sources of water pollution?

2. What are emissions?

3. How does burning fossil fuels cause air pollution?

4. What is a pollutant?

5. What are three ways by which oil spills affect aquatic organisms?

6. What is acid rain?

7. What is smog?

8. What is the effect of fertilizers leakage into water bodies?

9. What is the greenhouse effect?

10.What are landfills?

1617-EC42 Sample AMS Questions Answer Key

 1. What are three sources of water pollution?
Industrial waste, farmland waste, oil spills
2. What are emissions?
The chemicals released into the atmosphere after burning fossil
fuels
3. How does burning fossil fuels cause air pollution?
Burning fossil fuels released sulfur dioxide and carbon monoxide
4. What is a pollutant?
Any substance that causes pollution
5. What are three ways by which oil spills affect aquatic organisms?
Block penetration of sunlight, algae and other plants stop growing
6. What is acid rain?
Forms when gas produced by burning fossil fuels (oil, coal)
dissolve in water vapor
7. What is smog?
React a brownish mist formed when gases emitted by cars react with
sunlight in a photochemical reaction
8. What is the effect of fertilizers leakage into water bodies?

Uncontrolled growth of algae

9. What is the greenhouse effect?

Carbon dioxide warms earth by trapping the suns heat in earths

atmosphere

10.What are landfills?

Areas designated for disposal of solid waste