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Climate Change Unit Quiz

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What gas is the Carbon Cycle based on?

a)

Carbon Dioxide (CO2)

b)

Nitrogen

c)

Carbon

d)

Oxygen

2.

What happens if the carbon cycle removes too much carbon dioxide from the atmosphere?

a)

Nothing

b)

The biosphere is affected

c)

The atmosphere will cool

d)

The atmosphere will heat up

3.

Carbon from millions of years ago is stored in

a)

Fossil Fuels

b)

The air

c)

Water

d)

Plants

4.

Which of the following puts CO2 into the atmosphere? (select 2)

a)

Burning Fossil Fuels

b)

Blowing Bubbles

c)

Breathing

d)

Clouds

5.

Past levels of carbon dioxide can be found in bubbles trapped in

(a)  

6.

Which of the following is an example of weather?

a)

Rainfall averages for Seattle over 40 years

b)

The fact that deserts tend to be hot & dry

c)

A record cold day in Phoenix

d)

There are glaciers in Glacier National Park

7.

Which of the following is an example of climate?

a)

An intense thunderstorm in Houston

b)

The average temperature in Chicago over the past 50 years

c)

A hot day in Boston in the fall

d)

A foggy day in San Francisco

8.

Plants use sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide to make oxygen and (a)  

9.

Earth gets new atoms of carbon from ____.

a)

None of these

b)

plants

c)

sunlight

d)

volcanoes

10.

Animals receive carbon from....

a)

Plants

b)

Animals

c)

Both plants and animals

d)

Neither plants nor animals

11.

Most of the carbon that is consumed is ____ as carbon dioxide.

a)

absorbed

b)

Returned

c)

Eaten

d)

exhaled

12.

Where does the carbon come from that plants use?

a)

Air

b)

Water

c)

Soil

d)

Magic

13.

Humans and animals release carbon dioxide into the air during...

a)

Photosynthesis

b)

Respiration

c)

Oxidation

d)

Combustion

14.

During photosynthesis, carbon is

a)

converted by organisms from a gas to carbohydrates

b)

released from wood as carbon dioxide when wood is burned

c)

broken down and released from the remains of living organism

d)

dissolved in water

15.

What are terrestrial producers?

a)

Producers that add carbon dioxide to the troposphere

b)

Producers that add carbon dioxide to the atmosphere

c)

Producers that remove carbon dioxide from the troposphere

d)

Producers that remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere

16.

What types of organisms remove CO2 from the atmosphere?

a)

Consumers

b)

Producers

c)

Scavengers

d)

Decomposers

17.

If the carbon cycle generates too much CO2, what happens to the atmosphere?

a)

It will heat up

b)

It will cool off

c)

Nothing

d)

The plants will make too much oxygen

18.

The amount of CO2 released into the air because of your own energy needs is called your carbon...

(a)  

19.

How have humans increased the amount of carbon in the atmosphere?

a)

Burning fossil fuels

b)

Cutting down trees

c)

Farming

d)

All of these

20.

Which of the following is NOT a greenhouse gas?

a)

Water Vapor

b)

Nitrogen

c)

Methane

d)

Carbon Dioxide

21.

Gases in the air that trap energy from the sun are known as (a)   gases

22.

Which part of the Carbon Cycle occurs when plants, trees, or fossil fuels are burned?

a)

Oxidation

b)

Photosynthesis

c)

Combustion

d)

Respiration

23.

Photosynthesis is the process by which plants...

a)

Release CO2 into the atmosphere

b)

Turn sugars into CO2

c)

Turn CO2 into sugars

d)

All of the Above

24.

Which part of the Carbon Cycle occurs when plants or animals die?

a)

Decomposition

b)

Oxidation

c)

Respiration

d)

Photosynthesis

25.

Which part of the carbon cycle involves animals breathing in oxygen and out carbon dioxide?

a)

Respiration

b)

Oxidation

c)

Combustion

d)

Photosynthesis