Chemistry 5070 · O Level · Air quality and climate

Air quality and climate — practice question

This question concerns pollutant gases.
(a)[2]

Hydrocarbons such as octane are used as car fuels. The list names the gases found in a car exhaust. carbon dioxide carbon monoxide nitrogen nitrogen dioxide octane water vapour State which two gases in the list show that incomplete combustion has occurred in this car engine.

(b)[2]

Describe a test for carbon dioxide. test observed result

(c)[1]

Two natural sources of methane in the atmosphere are leaks of natural gas and waste gases from animals. Give one additional natural source of methane in the atmosphere.

(d)[2]

Complete this sentence about the effect of an increase in the concentration of methane in the atmosphere. Methane is a [BLANK] gas because it absorbs and then re-emits infrared radiation. This leads to a rise in atmospheric temperature called [BLANK] [BLANK].

(e)[3]

Cars are fitted with catalytic converters to cut the quantity of harmful pollutant gases released in car exhausts. Describe how catalytic converters remove pollutant gases from car exhausts.

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