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oxygen-carbon cycles

Total questions: 35

Worksheet time: 35mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which type of organism gets its energy directly from the Sun?

a)

algae

b)

mushrooms

c)

cows (herbivore)

d)

decomposer

2.
Plants use _____________ to make their own food during photosynthesis.
a)
water
b)
energy from the Sun
c)
CO2
d)
water, energy from Sun, CO2
3.
TRUE or FALSE?
All of the carbon in existence is continually recycled in the carbon cycle.
a)
True
b)
False
4.

Carbon can be found in...(check all that apply)

a)

The atmosphere

b)

Soil

c)

Fossil fuels

d)

Producers

e)

Bodies of all living things

5.
In what process is Carbon transformed into chemical energy?
a)
Photosynthesis
b)
Respiration
c)
Primary Production
d)
Secondary Production
6.
The diagram shows the flow of organic molecules through an ecosystem. What two processes are identified by the labels X and Y?
a)
X : Respiration
Y : Predation
b)
X : Adaptation
Y : Decomposition
c)
X : Fermentation
Y : Nitrogen Fixation
d)
X : Decomposition
Y : Respiration
7.
Respiration is the process by which animals take in _____ and release _____. 
a)
photosynthesis, air
b)
carbon, oxygen
c)
oxygen
d)
oxygen, carbon dioxide
8.
What are the end products of cellular respiration? 
a)
Carbon dioxide, water and ATP energy
b)
Carbon dioxide, glucose and water
c)
Oxygen, glucose and ATP energy
d)
Water, Carbon dioxide and Oxygen
9.

Plants and animals are interdependent of each other.

a)

True

b)

False

10.
Which of the following removes carbon from the atmosphere?
a)
Combustion
b)
Respiration
c)
Photosynthesis
d)
Death
11.
What is happening at 1?
a)
respiration: releasing CO2
b)
decomposing CO2 in the soil
c)
photosynthesis: absorbing CO2
d)
turning CO2 from the atmosphere into organic molecules
12.

What is happening at 2?

a)

respiration: releasing CO2

b)

decomposing CO2 in the soil

c)

photosynthesis: absorbing CO2

d)

turning CO2 from the atmosphere into organic molecules

13.

What is happening at 4?

a)

respiration: releasing CO2

b)

decomposing CO2 in the soil

c)

photosynthesis: absorbing CO2

d)

turning CO2 from the atmosphere into organic molecules

14.
Which of the following add carbon dioxide to the atmosphere?
a)
volcanoes
b)
combustion of fossil fuels
c)
animal and plant respiration
d)
all of these
15.
Carbon dioxide is created by 
a)
Burning fossil fuels 
b)
Cellular respiration
c)
Decomposing organic matter
d)
All answers are correct
16.

Organisms that do not decompose can be buried and become what?

a)

water

b)

nutrients

c)

air

d)

fossil fuels

17.

Which of the following are fossil fuels?

a)

Coal, water, oil

b)

Oxygen, coal, oil

c)

Coal, Oil, Natural Gas

d)

None of the above

18.
What process occurs when coal (fossil fuel) is used for energy?
a)
Decomposition
b)
Combustion
c)
Pressurization 
d)
Respiration 
19.

Which of the following organisms required oxygen for respiration? Check all that apply

a)

fungi

b)

trees

c)

grass

d)

humans

e)

spiders

20.

Which organisms require carbon dioxide to make their energy molecules?

a)

algae

b)

grass

c)

pine tree

d)

spider

e)

fungi

21.

When plants die, they can sequester (store) carbon for eons in the form of:

a)

oil

b)

gas

c)

coal

d)

limestone

22.
When humans burn fossil fuels, most of the carbon quickly enters the                       as carbon dioxide.
a)
Water
b)
Atmosphere
c)
Sun
d)
Air
23.

When animals die, their decay under sediments can sequester (store) carbon in the form of:

a)

oil

b)

limestone

c)

coal

24.

Which of the following is true about the greenhouse effect? you can choose more than one

a)

It is a natural process

b)

It is caused by gasses trap heat from infrared radiation

c)

It makes life on Earth possible

d)

It is the cause of global warming

25.

Identify greenhouse gases: check all that apply

a)

water

b)

carbon dioxide

c)

methane gas

d)

nitrogen dioxide (nitrous oxide)

26.

The thin layer of gas that protects life from harmful gamma rays and X-rays is the:

a)

ozone layer

b)

greenhouse gas layer

c)

lithosphere

d)

hydrosphere

27.

Oxygen molecules can react with solar radiation to form this three-oxygen atom molecule:

a)

carbon dioxide

b)

oxygen molecule

c)

ozone molecule

28.

Which of the following nutrients are referred to as MACRONUTRIENTS?

a)

carbon

b)

hydrogen

c)

copper

d)

nitrogen

e)

oxygen

29.

TRACE NUTRIENTS are...(check all that are true)

a)

copper, calcium, iron

b)

elements required in very small amounts for plant health

c)

elements that may or may not be needed for plant health

d)

elements needed in high amounts gotten from the atmosphere gases

30.

MACRONUTRIENTS are...(check all that are true)

a)

copper, calcium, iron

b)

elements required in very large amounts for plant health

c)

elements that may or may not be needed for plant health

d)

elements needed in high amounts, gotten from the atmosphere gases and lithosphere mostly

31.

The biosphere is made up of (check all that apply)

a)

lithosphere

b)

hydrosphere

c)

heliosphere

d)

atmosphere

32.

Lithosphere refers to __

a)

the Earth's gases above the crust

b)

the Earth's areas of water

c)

the Earth's crust

d)

the magnetic field generated by Earth's molten iron core

33.

Hydrosphere refers to __

a)

the Earth's gases above the crust

b)

the Earth's areas of water

c)

the Earth's crust

d)

the magnetic field generated by Earth's molten iron core

34.

Biogeochemical means

a)

life earth chemicals

b)

living chemicals

c)

earth chemical

35.

Biosphere means

a)

everything abiotic and biotic from the core of Earth to the surface of Earth

b)

the atmosphere

c)

everything abiotic and biotic from the core of Earth to the moon

d)

area where living things on Earth are found