JAMB Chemistry · Solutions, the environment and chemical change
Environmental pollution: JAMB Chemistry Past Questions and Answers
What the JAMB syllabus covers in Environmental pollution
Our summary: What air is made of, and the sources, effects and control of air, water and soil pollution.
- Air: the natural gaseous constituents and their proportion in the air (Nitrogen, oxygen, water vapour, carbon (IV) oxide and the noble gases (argon and neon).)
- Air: factors responsible for variation of components of air in the environment
- Air: air as a mixture and some uses of the noble gases
- Air pollution (Examples of air pollutants such as H₂S, CO, SO₂, oxides of nitrogen, chlorofluorocarbons and dust.)
- Air pollution: sources and effects of pollutants
- Water pollution (Sewage and oil pollution should be known.)
- Soil pollution (Oil spillage, biodegradable and non-biodegradable pollutants.)
Objectives
- give reason(s) for the existence of air as a mixture;
- identify the principle involved in the separation of air components;
- state reasons for the variation in the composition of air in the environment;
- specify the uses of some of the constituents of air;
- identify the different types of pollution and pollutants;
- specify different sources of pollutants;
- classify pollutants as biodegradable and non-biodegradable;
- specify the effects of pollution on the environment; and
- identify measures for control of environmental pollution.
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JAMB Chemistry questions on Environmental pollution
- JAMB 2025The following is not a water pollutant?
- JAMB 2025The source of carbon(II)oxide that acts as air pollutant is
- JAMB 2025The use of CFCs as a blowing agent has application in
- JAMB 2025Freons pollution in the air are released from
- JAMB 2025When a sample of air is passed through alkaline pyrogalol, potash and finally through U-tube containing fused calcium chloride, the components of air left…
- JAMB 2024Which of the following is an air pollutant?
- JAMB 2024A major effect of oil pollution in coastal water is
- JAMB 2024Biodegradable pollutants are not safe in water systems because they can cause
- JAMB 2024One of the following is not a water pollutant?
- JAMB 2024The percentage of carbon(IV) oxide in air is
- JAMB 2023What is the main source of carbon monoxide (CO) in urban areas?
- JAMB 2023What is the main environmental concern associated with sulfur dioxide emissions?
- JAMB 2023Which trace gas in the atmosphere plays a significant role in the greenhouse effect?
- JAMB 2023What is eutrophication?
- JAMB 2022The pollutant usually presents in a city which generates its electricity from coal?
- JAMB 2021The gas which causes global warming is?
- JAMB 2021The most abundant rare gas in the atmosphere is?
- JAMB 2021In troposphere, the two types of pollutants are?
- JAMB 2020Helium is used in observation of ballons because it is?
- JAMB 2019Which of the following pollutants will lead to the depletion of ozone layer?
- JAMB 2018In the upper atmosphere, the ultra-violet light breaks off a free chlorine atom from chlorofluorocarbon molecule. The effect of this is that the free chlorine…
- JAMB 2016The pollutant that contributes to the depletion of the ozone layer is
- JAMB 2015The gas that is most useful in protecting humans against solar marathon is
- JAMB 2015Detergents are manufactured with straight hydrocarbon chains, is to make them
- JAMB 2015Which of the following results in the fall of acid rain?
- JAMB 2015A major source of oxide of nitrogen is from the burning of
- JAMB 2014The major and most effective way of controlling pollution is to
- JAMB 2013The constituent of air that acts as a diluent is
- JAMB 2013In a water body, too much sewage leads to
- JAMB 2012I. It has a varied composition from one place to another. ll. it constituents can be separated by physical means lll. It contains unreactive noble gases which…
- JAMB 2012Which of the following pollutants is associated with brain damage?
- JAMB 2011Which of the following noble gases is commonly found in the atmosphere?
- JAMB 2011An effect of thermal pollution on water bodies is that the
- JAMB 2010A noble gas with a high power of fog penetration used in aerodrome beacons is?
- JAMB 2010Carbon (II) oxide is considered dangerous if inhaled mainly because it?
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