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  • Question
  • The function of nitrogen in air is


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  • A. to make air a moderate supporter of combustion
  • B. to maintain the density of air constant
  • C. to prevent the hydrogen in air from exploding
  • D. to reduce the poisonous nature of ozone in air

  • Correct Answer
  • to make air a moderate supporter of combustion 

    Explanation

    If air contained all oxygen and no nitrogen, everything would have burnt off


  • Chemistry problems


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    • 1. The process that takes place in the atom bomb is

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    • A. nuclear fusion
    • B. nuclear fission
    • C. radioactive disintegration
    • D. chemical decomposition
    • Discuss
    • 2. Antimony is

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    • A. metal
    • B. non metal
    • C. non metaloid
    • D. metalloid
    • Discuss
    • 3. Which of the following is the strongest base?

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    • A. LiCH3
    • B. LiF
    • C. LiOH
    • D. LiNH2
    • Discuss
    • 4. Which of the following gases is produced due to incomplete combustion of fuel?

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    • A. Carbon Dioxide
    • B. Carbon Monoxide
    • C. Methane
    • D. Ethane
    • Discuss
    • 5. The conversion of hard water into soft water by boiling or adding calcium hydroxide is called _______.

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    • A. Baker's process
    • B. Temp's process
    • C. Clarke's process
    • D. Lake's process
    • Discuss
    • 6. Harmful bacteria in drinking water cannot be destroyed by

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    • A. Chlorination
    • B. boiling
    • C. adding caustic soda
    • D. ozonisation
    • Discuss
    • 7. One of the ingredients of the paste on the side of a match box is

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    • A. Phosphorus pentaoxide
    • B. Phosphorus trichloride
    • C. Phosphorus trisulphide
    • D. Phosphorus trioxide
    • Discuss
    • 8. Wavelength of which of the following colours of the visible spectrum of light are maximally absorbed by green plants________

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    • A. Green and Yellow
    • B. Red and Blue
    • C. Green and Red
    • D. Blue and Yellow
    • Discuss
    • 9. In addition to nitric acid, another acid which may render iron passive is

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    • A. acetic acid
    • B. oxalic acid
    • C. chromic acid
    • D. citric acid
    • Discuss
    • 10. Rutherford's alpha-scattering experiment related to the size of the

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    • A. nucleus
    • B. atom
    • C. electron
    • D. neutron
    • Discuss


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