QUESTION AND ANSWERS ON INDUSTRIAL FASHION

INDUSTRIAL FASHION

QUESTIONS

a.    What is the greatest ecological problem which man faces today?

b.    i. What is the Ozone layer made of?

ii. Where is it normally found?

c.    Describe the importance of the ozone layer,

d.    How is man destroying the ozone layer

e.    Give the name of a gas specifically mentioned as very dangerous to the ozone layer

f.     What kind of figurative expression is: the planet, earth, the only home of man, is bathed in a steady rain of the sun’s rays?

g.    ____________ which are used in making all kinds of foamed plastic products.

i. What grammatical name is given to this expression?

ii. What is its function in the sentence?

h.    For each of the following words, find another word or phrase that means the same and can replace it was used in the passage (i) shielded (ii) absorbs (iii) vital (iv) lethal (v) active

ANSWERS

a.    The greatest ecological problem is the ultra violet B-rays (UV-B) rays

b.    i. The ozone layer is made up of a kind of oxygen with three atoms (03)

ii. The ozone layer is naturally found in the stratosphere, several kilometers above the earth surface

c.    The importance is that it absorbs the dangerous UV-B rays but allows the much needed safe pass through.

d.    Man is gradually, destroying this vital shield with his industrial gases.

e.    The most lethal gases are the chlorofluorocarbons or CFC specifically.

f.     It’s a metaphoric-l expression  

g.    i. Clause – Pronoun

ii. Subject of verb “used”

h.    Absurd’s –          Take in

Shielded –          Protects

Vital          –          Important

Lethal       –          deadly

Active       –          functioning