Science Bowl

GENERAL SCIENCE

General Science - 37

GENR-93; Multiple Choice:  It is a common observation that naturally occurring processes have a
particular direction associated with them.  For instance, heat flows from a hot body to a colder
body.  The property of a system that is used to quantitatively describe this natural direction of
events  is called 

w)  energy 
x)  entropy 
y)  enthalpy 
z)  equilibrium 

ANSWER:  X -- ENTROPY 

GENR-93;  Multiple Choice:  Which of the following is believed to be responsible  for the hole in
the ozone layer over Antarctic? 

w)  carbon dioxide 
x)  compounds containing sulfur 
y)  radioactivity 
z)  compounds containing chlorine 

ANSWER:  Z -- COMPOUNDS CONTAINING CHLORINE 

  
GENR-93; Multiple Choice:  Which of the following is not a major pollutant from automobiles.   

w)  carbon monoxide 
x)  unburned hydrocarbons 
y)  nitrous oxide 
z)  sulfur dioxide 

ANSWER:    Z -- SULFUR DIOXIDE 

GENR-93; Multiple Choice:  The most serious environmental pollution from a nuclear reactor is:   

w) radioactivity 
x) particulate formation 
y) thermal pollution 
z) noise pollution 

ANSWER:  Y -- THERMAL POLLUTION