LC2: Carbon Cycle Quiz

Where can you find carbon?

• Only in Earth's atmosphere

• Inside all water molecules

• Inside light from the sun

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How do animals add carbon to the atmosphere?

• By eating food

• By evaporation

• By breathing in oxygen and releasing carbon dioxide

• By releasing Water

Humans are adding carbon to the carbon cycle

• True

• False

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If humans release too much CO2 through combustion of fossil fuels, then

• The atmosphere will get warmer

• The atmosphere will get cooler

• No effect on the atmosphere

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What is a carbon sink?

• something that adds carbon to the atmosphere

• something that removes carbon from the atmosphere

• something that adds carbon to Earth's crust

• something that removes carbon from Earth's crust

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Which event led to a major increase in the amount of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere by humans?

• The Industrial Revolution

• The American Revolution

• The American Civil War

• The French Revolution

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How do carbon emissions lead to climate change?

• By trapping the sun's energy into the atmosphere.

• by causing very hot volcanoes to erupt.

• by catching fire within the atmosphere

• by increasing the amount of carbon in Earth's crust.

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The carbon cycle includes:

• Only non-living things

• Only living things

• Both living and non-living things

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Which of the following removes carbon from the atmosphere?

• Combustion of fossil fuels

• Photosynthesis

• Respiration

• Decomposition

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Which of the following is an example of a fast carbon exchange?

• Respiration

• Dead organic material turning into fossil fuels

• Decomposition

• None of the above

• Photosynthesis

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