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8.3 Acid Deposition

Question 1

Marks: 1

Which gas is present in the largest proportion in the exhaust fumes of a car engine?

  • carbon monoxide 

  • carbon dioxide

  • water vapour 

  • nitrogen

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Question 2

Marks: 1

Oxides of nitrogen are released into the atmosphere in car engine exhaust fumes.

Which environmental problem below is not made worse by these exhaust fumes?

  • photochemical smog

  • the hole in the ozone layer 

  • the corrosion of buildings

  • acidification of lakes

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Question 3

Marks: 1

Which of the following is true?

  • Acid rain is caused by carbonic acid

  • Acid rain turns universal indicator red

  • Wet acid deposition includes snow and fog

  • Catalytic converters remove oxides of sulfur from car exhausts

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Question 4

Marks: 1

What is the colour of universal indicator paper in rain water?

  • Red

  • Blue

  • Yellow

  • Green

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Question 5

Marks: 1

A sample of acid rain water is tested and found to be pH 4. How does its hydrogen ion concentration compare to pure water? 

  • 1000 times more concentrated

  • 3 times more concentrated

  • 1000 times less concentrated

  • 3 times less concentrated

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Question 6

Marks: 1

What happens to the oxidation state of sulfur when it becomes sulfuric acid in acid rain?

  • It changes from 0 to -2

  • It changes from 0 to +4

  • It changes from 0 to +6

  • It changes from -2 to +6

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Question 7

Marks: 1

One equation for the formation of acid rain from nitrogen dioxide is shown below.

2NO2 (g) + H2O (l) → HNO2 (aq) + HNO3 (aq)

What type of reaction is this?

  • Oxidation

  • Reduction

  • Redox

  • Acid-base

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Question 8

Marks: 1

Which of the following are used in catalytic converters?

  1. Ceramic
  2. Palladium
  3. Platinum
  • I and II only

  • I and III only

  • II and III only

  • I, II and III

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Question 9

Marks: 1

A sample of rainwater is tested and found to be pH 6. Which of the following is not true?

  • The sample is acidic

  • The rainwater is acid rain

  • Blue litmus would turn red in the sample

  • The rain water is impure

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Question 10

Marks: 1

Iron structures can be damaged by dry deposition such as the equation below:

Fe (s) + SO2 (g) + O2 (g)  →   FeSO4 (s)

Which is true?

  1. Iron is oxidised
  2. Sulfur is oxidised
  3. This is a neutralisation reaction
  • I and II only

  • I and III only

  • II and III only

  • I, II and III

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