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Science Class 6, Chapter 6 Test 12.

Which gas is most abundant in the


atmosphere?
1. Air is essential for life because: a) Oxygen b) Nitrogen c) Argon d) Carbon
a) It is a source of energy b) It is used for Dioxide
breathing
c) It is used for making fire d) It is used for 13. What percentage of the atmosphere is
flying kites made up of oxygen?
a) 20.9476% b) 78.084% c) 0.934% d)
2. Which gas is essential for respiration in 0.04%
animals?
a) Carbon dioxide b) Nitrogen c) Oxygen d) 14. Which of these gases is present in the
Helium atmosphere in the lowest percentage?
a) Neon b) Helium c) Hydrogen d) Xenon
3. Plants take in ________ during
photosynthesis and give out ________ 15. What is the total percentage of man-
during respiration. a) Oxygen, carbon made gases in the atmosphere?
dioxide b) Carbon dioxide, oxygen c) a) 3.225% b) 96.775% c) 0.934% d)
Nitrogen, oxygen d) Oxygen, nitrogen 20.9476%

4. Which gas is important for the growth Here are 10 MCQs extracted from the image
of plants and animals? on "Properties and Uses of Gases in Air":
a) Oxygen b) Carbon dioxide c) Nitrogen d)
Helium 16. What is the approximate percentage
of oxygen in the air?
5. How do plants obtain nitrogen? a) 10% b) 21% c) 30% d) 50%
a) By breathing b) By photosynthesis
c) By absorbing nitrogen compounds from 17. Which process is responsible for
the soil d) By eating other plants replacing oxygen in the air?
a) Respiration b) Photosynthesis c)
6. Which layer of the atmosphere protects Combustion d) Evaporation
us from harmful ultraviolet rays?
a) The troposphere b) The stratosphere c) 18. What is respiration?
The ozone layer d) The ionosphere a) The process of breathing b) The process
of burning c) The process by which living
7. What is moving air called? things produce energy from food d) The
a) Wind b) Breeze c) Gust d) Gale process of plants making their own food

8. Windmills are used to generate: 19. What is the role of oxygen in


a) Water b) Electricity c) Heat d) Light respiration?
a) It is a waste product b) It is used to break
9. Air is used to fill: down food for energy c) It is used to build
a) Bottles b) Balloons c) Tires d) Cups new cells d) It is used to transport nutrients

10. Which machine uses compressed air? 20. What is combustion?


a) A car engine b) A refrigerator c) A a) The process of breathing b) The process
dentist's drill d) A washing machine of burning c) The process by which living
things produce energy from food d) The
11. What is the atmosphere? process of plants making their own food
a) The layer of gases surrounding Earth b)
The solid ground beneath our feet 21. What is required for combustion to
c) The water covering most of Earth d) The occur?
weather we experience a) Oxygen and water b) Oxygen and heat c)
Carbon dioxide and heat d) Water and heat
22. Who is traditionally credited with flammable d) Because it does not support
discovering oxygen? life
a) Albert Einstein b) Marie Curie c) Joseph
Priestley d) Isaac Newton 33. What is the process by which nitrogen
gas in the atmosphere is converted into
23. Which of the following is NOT a plant and animal protein?
product of combustion? a) Photosynthesis b) Respiration
a) Carbon dioxide b) Water c) Energy d) c) Nitrogen cycle d) Carbon cycle
Oxygen
34. Which organisms are responsible for
24. What is the fuel in the burning of a converting atmospheric nitrogen into
candle? nitrates?
a) The wick b) The flame c) The wax d) The a) Plants b) Animals
air c) Nitrogen-fixing bacteria d) Decomposers

25. What is the main source of oxygen for 35. Where do nitrogen-fixing bacteria live?
the Earth's atmosphere? a) In the air b) In the soil
a) Animals breathing b) Burning fossil fuels c) In the water d) In the roots of legume
c) Volcanic eruptions d) Photosynthesis by plants
plants
36. What is the process of converting
26. What is the process of converting ammonium into nitrates called?
atmospheric nitrogen into nitrates called? a) Ammonification b) Nitrification
a) Photosynthesis b) Respiration c) Nitrogen c) Denitrification d) Nitrogen fixation
fixation d) Carbon sequestration
37. Which organisms are responsible for
27. Which plants are known for their converting nitrates into nitrogen gas?
ability to fix nitrogen? a) Plants b) Animals
a) Conifers b) Leguminous plants c) Grasses c) Nitrogen-fixing bacteria d) Denitrifying
d) Flowering plants bacteria

28. What is the primary source of protein 38. What is the role of decomposers in the
for animals? nitrogen cycle?
a) Air b) Water c) Plants d) Soil a) To convert atmospheric nitrogen into
nitrates b) To convert nitrates into
29. What is the approximate percentage ammonium c) To convert ammonium into
of carbon dioxide in the air? nitrogen gas d) To convert plant and animal
a) 0.04% b) 4% c) 21% d) 78% waste into ammonium

30. Which of the following is NOT a 39. What is the importance of the
source of carbon dioxide in the nitrogen cycle?
atmosphere? a) It helps to maintain the balance of
a) Burning of fossil fuels b) Photosynthesis nitrogen in the atmosphere b) It helps to
c) Respiration d) Volcanic eruptions produce oxygen c) It helps to regulate the
Earth's temperature d) It helps to control the
31. What is the percentage of nitrogen in water cycle
the air? a) 21% b) 78% c) 0.04% d) 10%
40. How is nitrogen used in agriculture? a)
32. Why was nitrogen earlier called As a source of energy b) As a fertilizer c) As
'azote'? a pesticide d) As a herbicide
a) Because it is a colorless gas b) Because it
is heavier than air c) Because it is not
Answer List:

1. b
2. c
3. b
4. c
5. c
6. c
7. a
8. b
9. c
10. c
11. a 12. b 13. a 14. d 15. A

16. b 17. b 18. c 19. b 20. b 21. b 22. c


23. d 24. c 25. D

26. c 27. b 28. c 29. a 30. B

31. b 32. d 33. c 34. c 35. d 36. b 37. d


38. d 39. a 40. b

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