Greenhouse Effect and Carbon Cycle

Carbon can be found in...?

• The atmosphere

• Inside of the Earth

• Fossil fuels

• All of the above!

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How does the carbon in grass become part of a lion?

• The lion eats the grass
• Carbon from grass doesn't end up in a lion. 
• The carbon ends up in the lion's food chain. 
• The lion breathes in carbon given out by the plant

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Which process(es) release carbon dioxide into the atmosphere?

• respiration

• combustion

• photosynthesis

• feeding

Which process(es) take carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere?

• respiration

• combustion

• photosynthesis

• feeding

When humans burn fossil fuels, most of the carbon quickly enters the                       as carbon dioxide.

• Water
• Atmosphere
• Sun
• Air

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What is the greenhouse effect?

• The warming of a planet due to trapped radiation.
• The cooling of Earth due to air pollution.
• The heating of a solid, such as a rock.

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Which of the following is/are greenhouse gases?

• carbon dioxide

• water vapour

• methane

• nitrogen

Which one of these does not add CO2 to the atmosphere?

• cooking with gas
• planting trees
• burning wood
• riding in a bus

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Which of these statements is true?

• Infrared light comes into the earth, and the earth radiates visible light.

• Visible light comes into the earth and the earth radiates infrared light.

Atmospheric carbon dioxide absorbs and releases

• all short wave radiation (like sunlight)

• some short wave radiation (like sunlight)

• all long wave radiation (like infrared)

• some long wave radiation (like infrared)