Carbon Cycle Quiz

What does the "C" stand for in CO₂?

• Calcium

• Carbon

• Potassium

• Cesium

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What increases the level of CO₂?

• Deforestation and fossil fuels

• Planting trees

• Using renewable energy

• Driving electric cars instead of petroleum cars

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Which process does CO₂ go through for plants to convert it to O₂?

• Respiration

• Transpiration

• Oxygenation

• Photosynthesis

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What pathway does CO₂ take?

• CO₂ -> Plants -> Animals -> CO₂

• CO₂ -> Animals -> Plants -> CO₂

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Where does the carbon come from that makes up fossil fuels?

• From living matter that was buried deep in the soil

• From the air

• From the animals exhaling

• From the humans drilling for coal

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Which organic molecules contain carbon?

• Proteins

• Nucleic Acids

• Carbohydrates

• Lipids

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What is one way carbon enters the atmosphere as CO₂?

• Animals (with lungs) respiring (breathing)

• Volcanic eruptions

• Fish respiring in water

• living matter from long ago buried deep underground

Where is carbon stored in the environment?

• In the animals

• In the plants

• In the atmosphere and water

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What does it mean to be a "greenhouse gas"?

• Can absorb light to cool the Earth

• Reflects the light to cool the Earth

• Generates electricity from the drilling of natural gas

• Can trap heat in the atmosphere, leading to global warming

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Carbon can be passed through organisms by the consumption of organisms. (i.e. Cows eating grass or foxes eating rabbits)

• True

• False

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