Carbon review

How does carbon get into the atmosphere? Check all that apply.

• Cow burps and farts

• Burning fossil fuels

• Photosynthesis

• Forest fires

Through the process of photosynthesis, plants take in ________________.

• carbon dioxide

• oxygen

• glucose

• methane

Where can you find carbon?

• Only in the Earth's atmosphere.

• Inside all water molecules.

• Inside the sun.

• Inside every living thing on Earth.

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Carbon moves from fossil fuels to the atmosphere when fuels are burned.

• True

• False

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Which of the following removes carbon dioxide from the atmosphere?

• Combustion

• Respiration

• Photosynthesis

• Death

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If the plant population decreased, the amount of carbon in the atmosphere would ____________________.

• Increase

• Decrease

• Stay the same

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Why does too much carbon dioxide in the atmosphere cause climate change?

• It cools our planet.

• Blocks out UV rays.

• Lets light escape.

• Traps heat and warms the planet.

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When gases trap heat in Earth's atmosphere it is called

• infrared radiation

• solar radiation

• greenhouse effect

• global cooling

Carbon can be stored in the ocean

• True

• False

The earth is heated by sunlight, this heat that comes off earth's surface is also called

• sunlight

• infrared radiation

• gamma radiation

• greenhouse gases