ELSS - Assessment Quiz

What is it called when plants give off water vapor as a waste product?

• condensation
• evaporation
• sublimation
• transpiration

Which countries have regions in the Arctic Circle?

• Russia, the USA, Canada, Greenland, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark.
• Russia, the USA, Canada, England, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Iceland.
• Russia, the USA, Canada, Greenland, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Germany.
• Russia, the USA, Canada, Greenland, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Iceland.

How cold does it get in the Arctic Circle?

• -15° Celsius
• -25° Celsius
• -35° Celsius
• -45° Celsius

The active layer is:

• has tall trees in it

• contained within the soils

• lower most layer of permafrost

• uppermost layer of permafrost

What is flux?

• the amount of carbon exchanged between Earth's carbon pools

• the amount of water exchanged between Earth's carbon pools

• the amount of carbon exchanged between Earths water storages

Which store of water has the longest RESIDENCE TIME?

• Ice and glaciers

• Groundwater

• Oceans

• Atmosphere

What term do we use for all of the ice on Earth?

• Biosphere

• Crysophere

• Hydrosphere

• Lithosphere

What is the process called when SOLID liquid turns into GAS?

• Evaporation

• Condensation

• Transpiration

• Sublimation

In the carbon cycle, animals can release carbon back into the cycle through __________ or through __________.

• burning . . . photosynthesis

• fixation . . . decomposition

• decomposition . . . photosynthesis

• respiration . . . decomposition

• respiration . . . photosynthesis

Sinking shells, coral and phytoplankton accumulating on the sea floor and over time are converted to carbon rich sedimenatary rock is an example of the...

• Slow carbon cycle

• Fast carbon cycle

• Carbon cycling

• Decomposition off setting