Chemistry Quiz

What is the main focus of Green Chemistry?

• Generating more pollution

• Preventing pollution

• Ignoring environmental impact

• Increasing waste production

What is the goal of sustainability in a civilization?

• Compromising the needs of future generations

• Meeting the needs of the present generation only

• Meeting the needs of the present generation without compromising the needs of future generations

• Using resources inefficiently

What is the key concept of Atom Economy in Green Chemistry?

• Using stoichiometric reagents

• Minimizing the incorporation of materials into the final product

• Maximizing waste production

• Maximizing the incorporation of materials into the final product

Why should unnecessary derivatization be avoided in chemical synthesis?

• To increase the number of byproducts

• To reduce the number of byproducts

• To speed up the reaction

• To increase the toxicity of the product

What is the purpose of using catalysts in chemical processes?

• To generate more waste

• To increase the toxicity of the product

• To speed up the reaction

• To slow down the reaction

Why should chemicals and products be designed to degrade after use?

• To break down into harmful substances

• To break down into innocuous degradation products

• To persist in the environment

• To avoid degradation

What is the importance of real-time analysis in pollution prevention?

• To ignore chemical processing

• To monitor and control chemical processing

• To increase hazardous substances

• To avoid monitoring chemical processing

How does Green Chemistry support sustainability?

• By increasing waste production

• By avoiding renewable resources

• By using hazardous chemicals

• By reducing pollution

What is the ultimate goal of Green Chemistry?

• To increase the use of hazardous substances

• To prevent pollution before it happens

• To minimize energy efficiency

• To maximize waste production

What is the purpose of the Montreal Protocol?

• To promote pollution

• To protect the ozone layer

• To increase ozone depletion

• To ignore environmental regulations