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WorksheetsClimate Change Unit Quiz
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 15mins
What gas is the Carbon Cycle based on?
Carbon Dioxide (CO2)
Nitrogen
Carbon
Oxygen
What happens if the carbon cycle removes too much carbon dioxide from the atmosphere?
Nothing
The biosphere is affected
The atmosphere will cool
The atmosphere will heat up
Carbon from millions of years ago is stored in
Fossil Fuels
The air
Water
Plants
Which of the following puts CO2 into the atmosphere? (select 2)
Burning Fossil Fuels
Blowing Bubbles
Breathing
Clouds
Past levels of carbon dioxide can be found in bubbles trapped in
(a)
Which of the following is an example of weather?
Rainfall averages for Seattle over 40 years
The fact that deserts tend to be hot & dry
A record cold day in Phoenix
There are glaciers in Glacier National Park
Which of the following is an example of climate?
An intense thunderstorm in Houston
The average temperature in Chicago over the past 50 years
A hot day in Boston in the fall
A foggy day in San Francisco
Plants use sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide to make oxygen and (a)
Earth gets new atoms of carbon from ____.
None of these
plants
sunlight
volcanoes
Animals receive carbon from....
Plants
Animals
Both plants and animals
Neither plants nor animals
Most of the carbon that is consumed is ____ as carbon dioxide.
absorbed
Returned
Eaten
exhaled
Where does the carbon come from that plants use?
Air
Water
Soil
Magic
Humans and animals release carbon dioxide into the air during...
Photosynthesis
Respiration
Oxidation
Combustion
During photosynthesis, carbon is
converted by organisms from a gas to carbohydrates
released from wood as carbon dioxide when wood is burned
broken down and released from the remains of living organism
dissolved in water
What are terrestrial producers?
Producers that add carbon dioxide to the troposphere
Producers that add carbon dioxide to the atmosphere
Producers that remove carbon dioxide from the troposphere
Producers that remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere
What types of organisms remove CO2 from the atmosphere?
Consumers
Producers
Scavengers
Decomposers
If the carbon cycle generates too much CO2, what happens to the atmosphere?
It will heat up
It will cool off
Nothing
The plants will make too much oxygen
The amount of CO2 released into the air because of your own energy needs is called your carbon...
(a)
How have humans increased the amount of carbon in the atmosphere?
Burning fossil fuels
Cutting down trees
Farming
All of these
Which of the following is NOT a greenhouse gas?
Water Vapor
Nitrogen
Methane
Carbon Dioxide
Gases in the air that trap energy from the sun are known as (a) gases
Which part of the Carbon Cycle occurs when plants, trees, or fossil fuels are burned?
Oxidation
Photosynthesis
Combustion
Respiration
Photosynthesis is the process by which plants...
Release CO2 into the atmosphere
Turn sugars into CO2
Turn CO2 into sugars
All of the Above
Which part of the Carbon Cycle occurs when plants or animals die?
Decomposition
Oxidation
Respiration
Photosynthesis
Which part of the carbon cycle involves animals breathing in oxygen and out carbon dioxide?
Respiration
Oxidation
Combustion
Photosynthesis
