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Carbon cycle and climate change review

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Which of the following is not a result of climate change?
a)
change in axial tilt (tilt of Earth on its axis)
b)
sea level changes
c)
rising temperatures
d)
change in precipitation levels
2.
What is weather over a long period of time?
a)
A tropical vacation
b)
Weather
c)
Climate
d)
Science
3.
 What is the greenhouse effect?
a)
The warming of a planet due to trapped radiation.
b)
The cooling of Earth due to air pollution.
c)
The heating of a solid, such as a rock.
4.
Which of the following is NOT a greenhouse gas?
a)
methane
b)
water vapor
c)
helium
d)
carbon dioxide
5.
Which of the following are greenhouse gases?
a)
Carbon dioxide
b)
Methane
c)
Water vapor
d)
All answers are correct
6.
Which of the following is the best conclusion that can be made from this graph?
a)
atmospheric carbon dioxide levels have been decreasing since 1960
b)
Hawaii has a lot of carbon dioxide
c)
humans have been working hard to decrease carbon dioxide levels
d)
atmospheric carbon dioxide levels have increased steadily since 1960
7.

How is the current era of warming different from the warm periods the earth has experienced in the past?

a)

Right now, the earth is warmer than it's ever been

b)

In the past, warming was tied to rising CO2 levels in the atmosphere; right now, the level of CO2 is falling

c)

The current era of warming has likely been caused by human activity

d)

The current era of warming is simply part of the natural cycle

8.

Global warming is the

a)

process of using greenhouse gases to trap heat in the atmosphere

b)

observed and predicted rise in Earth's average surface temperature

c)

change in global weather patterns

d)

melting of the polar ice caps.

9.

Burning which of the following puts the most Carbon dioxide, CO2, into the atmosphere?

a)

Natural gas, CH4

b)

Lamp oil, C12H26

c)

Coal, C

d)

Gasoline, C8H18

10.

As carbon moves through the carbon cycle, energy must be

a)

either used or released

b)

created or destroyed

c)

used only

d)

released only

11.

When hydrocarbons are burned, which of the following are produced? (There is more than one correct answer)

a)

Methane

b)

Energy

c)

Water

d)

Oxygen

e)

Carbon Dioxide

12.

Which is a TRUE statement?

a)

Plants produce carbon dioxide

b)

Humans don't depend on plants for the air they need

c)

Humans depend on oxygen, plants depend on carbon dioxide

d)

Humans depend on carbon dioxide, plants depend on oxygen

13.
When humans burn fossil fuels, most of the carbon quickly enters the                       as carbon dioxide.
a)
Water
b)
Atmosphere
c)
Sun
d)
Air
14.
Which one of these does not add CO2 to the atmosphere?
a)
cooking with gas
b)
planting trees
c)
burning wood
d)
riding in a bus
15.
What does not produce carbon dioxide?
a)
Photosynthesis
b)
Burning Fossil Fuels
c)
Animal respiration
d)
Plants decaying
16.
How does the carbon in grass become part of a lion?
a)
The lion eats the grass
b)
Carbon from grass doesn't end up in a lion. 
c)
The carbon ends up in the lion's food chain. 
d)
The lion breathes in carbon given out by the plant
17.
All of the carbon in existence is continually recycled in the carbon cycle
a)
True
b)
False
18.
Which of the following removes carbon from the atmosphere?
a)
Combustion
b)
Respiration
c)
Photosynthesis
d)
Death