Climate Change Exam

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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What percent of the atmosphere is greenhouse gases?

• 5%

• 26%

• 50%

• 0.1%

The greenhouse gas effect is not a natural process.

• True

• False

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Which of the following is not a greenhouse gas?

• Carbon dioxide

• Water vapor

• Methane

• Nitrogen

• Nitrous oxide

What benefit does the greenhouse gas effect provide for the Earth?

• It creates air molecules that living organisms use to breath

• It keeps it warm enough for life to survive

• There is no benefit

• It keeps the planet cold enough for life to survive

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What type of radiation is emitted by the Earth's surface?

• UV radiation

• Infrared (IR) radiation

• Visible light

• X-rays

• TV radiation

In the Greenhouse Gas Lab, which system became hotter?

• The system with just air

• The system with extra carbon dioxide

• Neither

• Both were equally hot

How are the biological and geological parts of the carbon cycle different?

• The biological is fast and the geological is slow

• They are both the same speed

• They transport different elements

• The geological is fast and the biological is slow

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Which of the following is an example of carbon flowing from one sphere to another?

• When living organisms produce offspring they create new carbon atoms

• When living organisms die they move carbon from the biosphere to the lithosphere

• Where the ocean meets the land, it pulls minerals into the water

• The atmosphere dissolves carbon at the top of the mountains

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What are the two different parts of the carbon cycle?

• Biological and astronomical

• Geological and chemical

• Biological and geological

• Entomological and oncological

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