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Question 1

Which process uses plants to absorb metal compounds from soil?
  1. Phytomining
  2. Bioleaching
  3. Electrolysis
  4. Smelting

Question 2

Which process uses bacteria to produce a leachate containing metal compounds?
  1. Bioleaching
  2. Phytomining
  3. Cracking
  4. Distillation

Question 3

Which stage comes first in a life cycle assessment?
  1. Extraction
  2. Manufacture
  3. Use
  4. Disposal

Question 4

What does it mean to call water potable?
  1. It is safe to drink
  2. It contains no dissolved solids
  3. It is chemically pure water
  4. It is used only in industry

Question 5

Which process removes dissolved salts from sea water?
  1. Desalination
  2. Filtration
  3. Sedimentation
  4. Chlorination

Question 6

Why is drinking water sterilised?
  1. To kill microbes
  2. To remove salts
  3. To improve taste
  4. To remove sand

Question 7

Which substance is commonly used to sterilise drinking water?
  1. Chlorine
  2. Sodium chloride
  3. Calcium carbonate
  4. Nitrogen

Question 8

Which of these is a finite resource?
  1. Crude oil
  2. Timber
  3. Cotton wool
  4. Sheep’s wool

Question 9

What does sustainable development aim to protect?
  1. The needs of future generations
  2. Present-day profits
  3. Industrial output
  4. Population growth

Question 10

Which of these is a renewable resource?
  1. Timber
  2. Coal
  3. Natural gas
  4. Metal ore

Question 11

What is removed at the first stage of waste water treatment?
  1. Large solids
  2. Dissolved salts
  3. Harmful microbes
  4. Dissolved oxygen

Question 12

What does sedimentation do in sewage treatment?
  1. It settles solids out as sludge
  2. It boils the water away
  3. It crystallises dissolved salts
  4. It kills the harmful microbes

Question 13

Which bacteria digest the sludge from sewage treatment?
  1. Anaerobic bacteria
  2. Aerobic bacteria
  3. Photosynthetic bacteria
  4. Nitrifying bacteria

Question 14

Recycling metals reduces the need for which process?
  1. Mining ore
  2. Electrolysis
  3. Filtration
  4. Distillation

Question 15

Which action is reusing a glass bottle rather than recycling it?
  1. Refilling it
  2. Melting it down
  3. Crushing it for cullet
  4. Burning it for energy

Question 16

What is an alloy?
  1. A mixture containing a metal
  2. A compound of two metals
  3. A very pure single metal
  4. A metal joined to its oxide

Question 17

Which alloy is made from copper and zinc?
  1. Brass
  2. Bronze
  3. Steel
  4. Solder

Question 18

Which of these materials is a ceramic?
  1. Porcelain
  2. Poly(ethene)
  3. Brass
  4. Carbon fibre

Question 19

What is a composite made from?
  1. Fibres held in a matrix
  2. One pure element only
  3. Two metals mixed together
  4. A single polymer chain

Question 20

Which two substances must be present for iron to rust?
  1. Oxygen and water
  2. Oxygen and carbon dioxide
  3. Water and nitrogen
  4. Carbon dioxide and salt

Question 21

What happens during sacrificial protection?
  1. A more reactive metal corrodes
  2. A less reactive metal corrodes
  3. A layer of paint is applied
  4. The iron is heated strongly

Question 22

Which method prevents corrosion by forming a physical barrier?
  1. Painting
  2. Attaching a magnesium block
  3. Using a zinc sacrificial anode
  4. Alloying the iron with carbon

Question 23

Which three elements do NPK fertilisers supply?
  1. Nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium
  2. Nitrogen, phosphorus, platinum
  3. Nickel, phosphorus, potassium
  4. Nitrogen, potassium, palladium

Question 24

Which acid reacts with ammonia to make ammonium nitrate?
  1. Nitric acid
  2. Sulfuric acid
  3. Hydrochloric acid
  4. Phosphoric acid

Question 25

Which two gases are the raw materials for the Haber process?
  1. Nitrogen and hydrogen
  2. Nitrogen and oxygen
  3. Ammonia and hydrogen
  4. Hydrogen and oxygen

Question 26

Which catalyst is used in the Haber process?
  1. Iron
  2. Platinum
  3. Nickel
  4. Vanadium oxide

Question 27

What temperature is used in the Haber process?
  1. 450 °C
  2. 45 °C
  3. 1500 °C
  4. 4500 °C

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