WorksheetsELSS - Assessment Quiz
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 11mins
The active layer is:
has tall trees in it
contained within the soils
lower most layer of permafrost
uppermost layer of permafrost
What is flux?
the amount of carbon exchanged between Earth's carbon pools
the amount of water exchanged between Earth's carbon pools
the amount of carbon exchanged between Earths water storages
Which store of water has the longest RESIDENCE TIME?
Ice and glaciers
Groundwater
Oceans
Atmosphere
What term do we use for all of the ice on Earth?
Biosphere
Crysophere
Hydrosphere
Lithosphere
What is the process called when SOLID liquid turns into GAS?
Evaporation
Condensation
Transpiration
Sublimation
In the carbon cycle, animals can release carbon back into the cycle through __________ or through __________.
burning . . . photosynthesis
fixation . . . decomposition
decomposition . . . photosynthesis
respiration . . . decomposition
respiration . . . photosynthesis
Sinking shells, coral and phytoplankton accumulating on the sea floor and over time are converted to carbon rich sedimenatary rock is an example of the...
Slow carbon cycle
Fast carbon cycle
Carbon cycling
Decomposition off setting
CO2 exchanging from the atmosphere and the ocean is an example of the.....
Slow carbon cycle
Fast carbon cycle
Carbon Cycling
Decomposition off setting
when water vapour in the atmosphere cools to it's _________ ________, water droplets and clouds appear.
(a)
(a) clouds have flat bases and extend vertically up through the atmosphere. Some can be 10-15km from top to bottom.
Three of these are types of lapse rates, but which ones?
Environmental lapse rate
Dry adiabatic lapse rate
Spatial gradient lapse rate
Saturated adiabatic lapse rate
Conditionally unstable adiabatic lapse rate
Four of these are types of rainfall, but which ones:
Orographic rainfall
Frontal rainfall
Relief rainfall
Convectional rainfall
Stable rainfall
Which two of these areas would have slow decomposition rates?
Tropical rainforest and Arctic
Arctic and temperate deciduous forest
Taiga and tropical rainforest
Tropical rainforest and temperate deciduous forest
Hot desert and Arctic
Combustion occurs when organic material reacts or burns in the presence of (a)
(a) is the capture and long term storage of carbon from the atmosphere. It occurs naturally but humans are trying to find ways of achieving this in order to reduce levels of atmospheric CO2.
Phytoplankton on the ocean surface consume carbon and are then eaten by marine organisms. When they die, carbon is stored on the ocean floor for long periods of time. What is this called?
Physical (inorganic pump)
Biological weathering
Chelation
Biological (organic) pump
__________ ____________ suggests that a system can adapt to changes, for example in the inputs or stores, but that through feedback a balance or equilibrium is achieved.
(a)
