Climate Change Practice Quiz

Which spheres of earth contain carbon?

• Hydrosphere

• Lithosphere

• Atmosphere

• Biosphere

• All of the above

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What is the difference between a carbon sink and a carbon source?

• They both release carbon

• A carbon sink stores carbon while a carbon source releases carbon

• They both store carbon

• A carbon source create new carbon and a sink recycles old carbon

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What are the two different parts of the carbon cycle?

• Biological and astronomical

• Biological and geological

• Entomological and oncological

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Carbon can be found in this form in the atmosphere when fossil fuels are burned.

• Carbon dioxide

• Carbonated rocks

• Stored in plants and trees

• Dissolved in ocean water and lakes

What does the carbon cycle maintain?

• 1. The other biogeochemical cycles in order

• 1. The amount of greenhouses gases humans release

• 1. The size of living organisms

• 1. A balance of carbon among the spheres of Earth

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What has been the result of an imbalance in the carbon cycle caused by humans?

• Plastic pollution

• Global water scarcity

• Climate change

• Increased earthquakes

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How does the atmosphere act as a carbon sink?

• Absorbs carbon from the ocean

• Holds all carbon gases released by living organisms

• Generates carbon gases that all living organisms use

• Destroys an excess carbon gases

Why are places with a higher elevation colder?

• They have too much atmosphere which keeps the temperature constant

• They have less atmosphere to hold heat

• They are closer to space which is freezing

• They receive more rainfall

What would the Earth be like without an atmosphere?

• More tropical

• Frozen

• The same

• Shorter seasons

Why does the atmosphere help balance the carbon cycle?

• Creating new carbon atoms

• By acting as a carbon sink and source

• Recycling damaged carbon atoms

• Regulating the proper erosion rates of rock

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