Quiz about TEST - Carbon Cycle

Question 1

What does NOT produce carbon dioxide?

Accepted Answer

Photosynthesis

Answer

Burning Fossil Fuels

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Animal respiration

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Plants decaying

Question 2

Carbon can be found in...

Accepted Answer

All of the above

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The atmosphere

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Soil

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Fossil fuels

Question 3

How do animals get carbon?

Accepted Answer

By eating plants and or other animals.

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They absorb it from the atmosphere.

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From the ground

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They do not get carbon from anywhere.

Question 4

Which is a true statement?

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Humans depend on oxygen, plants depend on carbon dioxide

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Plants produce carbon dioxide

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Humans depend on carbon dioxide, plants depend on oxygen

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Humans don't depend on plants for the air they need

Question 5

When humans EXHALE, we release __________________.

Accepted Answer

Carbon Dioxide

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Oxygen

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Nitrogen

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Water

Question 6

Which statement is true about the carbon dioxide-oxygen cycle?

Accepted Answer

animals breathe in oxygen and release carbon dioxide which is used by plants

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animals breathe in nitrogen and release oxygen which is used by plants

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animals breathe in nitrogen and release carbon dioxide which is used by plants

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animals breathe in carbon dioxide and release oxygen which is used by plants

Question 7

Plants use _____________ to make their own food during photosynthesis.

Accepted Answer

water, energy from Sun, CO2

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water

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energy from the Sun

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CO2

Question 8

Which of the following add carbon dioxide to the atmosphere?

Accepted Answer

all of these

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volcanoes

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combustion of fossil fuels

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animal and plant respiration

Question 9

4) Which part of the carbon cycle involves animals breathing in oxygen and out carbon dioxide?

Accepted Answer

Respiration

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Photosynthesis

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The oceans

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Decay

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Combustion

Question 10

6) Which part of the carbon cycle occurs when plants convert sunlight and C02 into oxygen and sugar?

Accepted Answer

Photosynthesis

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The oceans

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Respiration

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Decay

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Combustion

Question 11

7) Which part of the carbon cycle occurs when plants, trees, or fossil fuels are burned?

Accepted Answer

Combustion

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Photosynthesis

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The oceans

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Respiration

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Decay

Question 12

10) How has man influenced the carbon cycle and increased the amount of carbon in the atmosphere?

Accepted Answer

All of the above

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Burning coal

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Cutting down trees

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Burning oil

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None of the Above

Question 13

Animals decomposing into the ground increases the amount of carbon in the soil.

Accepted Answer

True

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False

Question 14

Deforestation can hurt the carbon cycle

Accepted Answer

True

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False

Question 15

How does the concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere affect climate?

Accepted Answer

As carbon dioxide concentrations increase, temperatures increase

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As carbon dioxide concentration increase, temperatures decrease.

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Carbon dioxide concentrations have no affect on climate

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As carbon dioxide concentrations increase, temperatures become more random.

Question 16

How does carbon get into the soil?

Accepted Answer

all of the above

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when a human dies

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When a plant dies

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when an animal dies

Question 17

Carbon exist in many forms on Earth.

Accepted Answer

True

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False

Question 18

TRUE or FALSE?
All of the carbon in existence is continually recycled in the carbon cycle.

Accepted Answer

True

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False

Question 19

Organisms that do not decompose can be buried and become what?

Accepted Answer

fossil fuels

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water

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nutrients

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air

Question 20

Which of the following removes carbon from the atmosphere?

Accepted Answer

Photosynthesis

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Combustion

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Respiration

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Death

Question 21

The diagram shows the flow of organic molecules through an ecosystem. What two processes are identified by the labels X and Y?

Accepted Answer

X : Decomposition
Y : Respiration

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X : Respiration
Y : Predation

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X : Adaptation
Y : Decomposition

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X : Fermentation
Y : Nitrogen Fixation

Question 22

In the nonliving environment, carbon exists as a gas in _____.

Accepted Answer

atmosphere

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cells

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geosphere

Question 23

Burning fossil fuel has which effect in the carbon cycle?

Accepted Answer

It adds carbon dioxide to the atmosphere.

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It removes carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.

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It puts carbon dioxide under the ground.

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It has no effect in the carbon cycle.

Question 24

Which process takes carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere?

Accepted Answer

photosynthesis

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respiration

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combustion

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decomposition

Question 25

What is the an important element for living things.

Accepted Answer

Carbon

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Neon

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Hydrogen

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Helium

Question 26

Carbon dioxide is a gas produced by ___________________ and used by _________________

Accepted Answer

Animals and Plants

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Plants and Animals

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Carbon and Photosynthesis

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Photosynthesis

Question 27

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

Accepted Answer

Atmosphere

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Water

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Sun

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Ground

Question 28

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

Accepted Answer

Traps heat and warms the planet.

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It cools our planet.

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Blocks out UV rays.

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Lets light escape.

Question 29

How do humans affect the carbon cycle?

Accepted Answer

Exhaling carbon dioxide

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Inhaling oxygen

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Wearing sunscreen

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Using pencils to write

Question 30

Where can you find carbon?

Accepted Answer

Inside every living thing on Earth.

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Only in the Earth's atmosphere.

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Inside all water molecules.

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Inside the sun.

Question 31

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

Accepted Answer

Atmosphere

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Water

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Sun

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Air

Question 32

In the carbon cycle, producers take in the gas __

Accepted Answer

carbon dioxide

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oxygen

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nitrogen

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carbon monoxide

Question 33

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

Accepted Answer

The carbon ends up in the lion's food chain.

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The lion eats the grass

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Carbon from grass doesn't end up in a lion.

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The lion breathes in carbon given out by the plant

Question 34

Which is a true statement?

Accepted Answer

Humans depend on oxygen, plants depend on carbon dioxide

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Plants produce carbon dioxide

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Humans depend on carbon dioxide, plants depend on oxygen

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Humans don't depend on plants for the air they need

Question 35

The diagram shows the flow of organic molecules through an ecosystem. What two processes are identified by the labels X and Y?

Accepted Answer

X : Decomposition
Y : Respiration

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X : Respiration
Y : Predation

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X : Adaptation
Y : Decomposition

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X : Fermentation
Y : Nitrogen Fixation

Question 36

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

Accepted Answer

The carbon ends up in the lion's food chain.

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The lion eats the grass

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Carbon from grass doesn't end up in a lion.

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The lion breathes in carbon given out by the plant

Question 37

Where is carbon found? Mark all that apply!

Accepted Answer

Trees

Accepted Answer

Ocean

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Atmosphere

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Rocks

Question 38

The carbon cycle is

Accepted Answer

all the choices

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the movement of carbon through bio-, atmo- and geosphere

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similar to the rock cycle but is carbon

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how carbon is exchanged by plants and animals

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