WorksheetsCarbon Budget Y12
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 6mins
Where is the vast majority of carbon stored?
Vegetation
Earths crust
Oceans
Fossil fuels
Relatively (a) amounts of carbon are stored in the atmosphere and in plants.
The greenhouse effect is positive. True or false?
True
False
Average global temperatures have increased by about _____ degrees since 1880?
0.2
0.6
0.8
1
Regions that experience widespread deforestation may become.....
More humid
Wetter and less humid
Drier and more humid
Drier and less humid
Volcanic eruptions release carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. Do eruptions lead to a cooling or warming effect?
Cooling
Warming
Marine organisms can covert carbon into what, when building their shells?
Carbon dioxide
Calcium carbonate
Methane
Carbonic acid
Which does NOT lead to the enhanced greenhouse effect?
Burning fossil fuels
Deforestation
Transportation
Renewable energy
What gas does the thawing of permafrost release?
Carbon dioxide
Nitrous oxide
Methane
Oxygen
Which of the following is known as a carbon sink?
Deforestation
Afforestation
Burning fossil fuels
Volcanic eruption
