Starter quiz
- Which of the following is a potential source of pollutants?
- car exhaust fumes ✓
- industrial smoke ✓
- power station emissions ✓
- volcanoes ✓
- plants
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- Which pollutant does complete combustion release into the atmosphere?
- carbon monoxide
- carbon particulates
- carbon dioxide ✓
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- When a fuel combusts, which gas from the air does it react with?
- 'oxygen' ✓
- Which of the following pollutants are produced during the incomplete combustion of hydrocarbon fuels?
- carbon monoxide ✓
- carbon particulates ✓
- carbon dioxide
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- If a fuel containing sulfur reacts with oxygen, which of the following is a possible product?
- nitrogen dioxide
- sulfur dioxide ✓
- phosphorus dioxide
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- What is the name given to a chemical that speeds up the rate of a reaction without being used up itself?
- 'catalyst' ✓
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