Chemistry 0620 · IGCSE · Air quality and climate

Air quality and climate — practice question

Table 3.1 gives the mean concentrations of air pollutants, in ng/1000 cm$^3$, for four separate years.
(a(i))[1]

Name the oxide pollutant with the greatest concentration in 2021.

(a(ii))[1]

Name the pollutant whose concentration decreases steadily from 2019 to 2022.

(a(iii))[1]

Calculate the mean mass, in ng, of particulates in a 250 cm$^3$ sample of polluted air in 2019.

(b(i))[1]

State one harmful effect on health caused by particulates.

(b(ii))[1]

Particulates are produced by the incomplete combustion of hydrocarbons. State what is meant by the term incomplete combustion.

(c(i))[1]

Oxides of nitrogen help cause acid rain. From the list, choose the pH of an acidic solution: pH 5, pH 7, pH 9, pH 13.

(c(ii))[1]

Complete the sentence about cutting down oxides of nitrogen from car exhausts by selecting two words from the list: The emission of oxides of nitrogen from car exhausts is reduced by using a ................ ................. .

(c(iii))[2]

Oxides of nitrogen may be generated by bacteria acting on nitrates. Name the aqueous solution and the metal used in the nitrate ion test.

(d(i))[2]

Nitrogen dioxide breaks down when heated. Nitric oxide and oxygen are formed. Finish the symbol equation for this reaction: $....\text{NO}_2 \rightleftharpoons 2\text{NO} + ............$

(d(ii))[1]

State what the symbol $\rightleftharpoons$ means.

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