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WATER AND CARBON DIOXIDE CYCLE

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
It is the process of a liquid's surface changing to a gas.
a)
Evaporation
b)
Condensation
c)
Precipitation
d)
Sublimation
2.
Plants use CO2 in the process of ___________________ to make ___________ and oxygen.
a)
Photosynthesis and Water
b)
Photosynthesis and Sugar
c)
Photosynthesis and Coal
d)
Photosynthesis and Oxygen
3.
Too much CO2 in the atmosphere may be responsible for the _______________ effect
a)
Carbon
b)
Greenhouse
c)
Social
d)
Environmental
4.
What is the water cycle?
a)
The process by which water moves around the Earth, between rivers, oceans, the atmosphere and land.
b)
The process by which water moves around a power plant.
c)
The process by which water moves around the Earth, but only along the surface.
d)
None of the other answers are correct.
5.
Which of the following statement is inaccurate?
a)
Water is not lost during the water cycle.
b)
The water cycle transports matter.
c)
The water cycle has a single path, not multiple paths.
d)
The water cycle transports energy.
6.
95% of the Earth’s water is stored in its:
a)
 rivers
b)
oceans
c)
 glaciers
d)
underground aquifers
7.
When water droplets get large enough to fall from the clouds, it’s called:
a)
condensation
b)
transpiration
c)
 sublimation
d)
precipitation
8.
What is one thing that releases carbon into the atmosphere?
a)
Food
b)
Burning Fossil Fuels
c)
Decay
d)
Plants
9.
What do organisms that make their own food take from the air?
a)
Nitrogen
b)
Helium
c)
Carbon 
d)
Oxygen
10.
Animals, plants, fungi, and some bacteria produce Carbon during respiration.
a)
True
b)
False
11.
Human extraction of fossil fuels brings carbon to Earth's surface where it can be _____?
a)
Extracted
b)
Combusted
c)
Erupted
d)
Breakdown
12.
What happens during a photosynthesis?
a)
Decomposers break down the dead material returning CO2 to the atmosphere via respiration and continuing the cycle.
b)
Producers takes in CO2 and incorporate the carbon into their tissues. 
c)
Some of this carbon is returned to the atmosphere after organisms die.
d)
All of the Above
13.
Some of the CO2 that dissolved in the ocean enters the food web via photosynthesis is by ____?
a)
Algae
b)
Plankton
c)
Small Fish
d)
None of these
14.
Which of the following is not a part of the water cycle?
a)
Evaporation
b)
Precipitation
c)
Ground water
d)
Condensation
15.
A tea kettle is boiling on the stove, and all of a sudden the whistle in the spout of the kettle starts shrieking. Steam rising from the boiling water causes the whistle to sound. What part of the water cycle does the steam represent?
a)
Evaporation
b)
Condensation
c)
Precipitation
d)
Sublimation