Weather/ Climate Review

Photosynthesis removes ________ from the atmosphere and produces and releases _________ into the atmosphere.

• glucose, oxygen

• oxygen, glucose

• carbon dioxide, oxygen

• oxygen, carbon dioxide

Animals release ________ into the environment, which plants use for _________.

• oxygen, respiration

• carbon dioxide, respiration

• carbon dioxide, photosynthesis

• water vapor, photosynthesis

Which process does this diagram illustrate?

• Carbon

• Oxygen

• Phosphorus

• Water

What role does plants play in the water cycle?

• Plants are a water reservoir

• Plants absorb and release water through transpiration

• Plants form clouds

• Plants absorb water and use it for photosynthesis

Respiration removes_______ from the atmosphere and produces and releases ___________.

• glucose, oxygen

• oxygen, glucose

• carbon dioxide, oxygen

• oxygen, carbon dioxide

Carbon gases released into the atmosphere cause radiation to be retained and the average temperature of the Earth to increase. This is called

• solar radiation

• the ozone layer

• the greenhouse effect

• air pollution

Which change would cause arctic polar bears the most problems for survival?

• drought

• and ice age

• deforestation

• global warming

Reducing the emissions of this gas would help the greenhouse effect?

• oxygen

• nitrogen

• argon

• carbon dioxide

Burning fossil fuels increases what issue on Earth?

• acid rain

• global warming

• increased plant growth

• hole in the ozone layer

When you remove vegetation from an area, the water cycle is most affected how?

• clouds will increase

• runoff will increase

• evaporation will decrease

• precipitation will increase