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Multiple choice chemistry water and air and their importance natural cycles and resources constituents of air component of air - nitrogen

State True or False.
Liquid nitrogen is used as a refrigerant to preserve biological specimens.

  1. True

  2. False
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Liquid nitrogen is used as a refrigerant to preserve biological specimens because of its low temperature (-196$^o$) that does not cause cell breakdown or affect any other cellular mechanisms.

Multiple choice chemistry water and air and their importance natural cycles and resources constituents of air component of air - nitrogen

The potato chips manufacturers uses _____ gas to flush the chips bags to prevent the chips getting oxidised.

  1. Oxygen

  2. Carbon dioxide

  3. Chlorine

  4. Nitrogen
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Oil and fat containing food items are flushed with nitrogen because the food containing fats and oil become rancid after sometime because of oxidation and give smell having a bad taste. Presence of nitrogen helps food to save from rancidity.

Multiple choice chemistry water and air and their importance natural cycles and resources constituents of air component of air - nitrogen

The three elements most usually contained in fertilizers are:

  1. Potassium, phosphorus and carbon

  2. Sodium, nitrogen and phosphorus

  3. Silica, nitrogen and phosphorus

  4. Potassium, phosphorus and nitrogen
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Fertilizers are composed of three macronutrients, $NPK$ nitrogen, phosphorous and potassium.

Nitrogen ($N$): Leaf growth;
Phosphorus ($P$): Development of roots, flowers, seeds, fruit;
Potassium ($K$): Strong stem growth, movement of water in plants, promotion of flowering and fruiting;

Multiple choice chemistry air and atmosphere natural cycles and resources constituents of air component of air - nitrogen

Lime water turns milky when exposed. to air and stirred. This shows that air contains:

  1. carbon dioxide

  2. hydrogen

  3. nitrogen

  4. oxygen
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Lime water turns milky when exposed to air and stirred as lime water mixes with $CO _{2}$ and forms $CaCO _{3}$ (calcium carbonate) which turns the lime water milky. 

$CaO+CO _{2} \longrightarrow CaCO _{3}$