WorksheetsCarbon review
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
How does carbon get into the atmosphere? Check all that apply.
Cow burps and farts
Burning fossil fuels
Photosynthesis
Forest fires
Through the process of photosynthesis, plants take in ________________.
carbon dioxide
oxygen
glucose
methane
Where can you find carbon?
Only in the Earth's atmosphere.
Inside all water molecules.
Inside the sun.
Inside every living thing on Earth.
Carbon moves from fossil fuels to the atmosphere when fuels are burned.
True
False
Which of the following removes carbon dioxide from the atmosphere?
Combustion
Respiration
Photosynthesis
Death
If the plant population decreased, the amount of carbon in the atmosphere would ____________________.
Increase
Decrease
Stay the same
Why does too much carbon dioxide in the atmosphere cause climate change?
It cools our planet.
Blocks out UV rays.
Lets light escape.
Traps heat and warms the planet.
When gases trap heat in Earth's atmosphere it is called
infrared radiation
solar radiation
greenhouse effect
global cooling
Carbon can be stored in the ocean
True
False
The earth is heated by sunlight, this heat that comes off earth's surface is also called
sunlight
infrared radiation
gamma radiation
greenhouse gases
Which is not a greenhouse gas?
carbon dioxide
methane
oxygen
In an experiment, the thing that stays the same is a/an _
independent variable
dependent variable
constant
data table
This experiment is measuring how much carbon dioxide plants take in during photosynthesis. What is the dependent variable in this experiment?
the amount of light
the number of leaves
the size of the test tube
the amount of carbon dioxide
This experiment is measuring how much carbon dioxide plants take in during photosynthesis. What is the independent variable in this experiment?
the amount of light
the number of leaves
the size of the test tube
the amount of carbon dioxide
Carbon is found in (check all that apply)
the atmosphere
cows
the ocean
shells and coral
coal
