WorksheetsAQA AS Water and Carbon Cycles
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 17mins
Which process is part of the long-term carbon cycle?
Photosynthesis
Respiration
Weathering
Combustion
Which of the following is an output in the drainage basin system?
Precipitation
Transpiration
Infiltration
Throughfall
Which is the largest store of carbon on Earth?
Biosphere
Atmosphere
Ocean
Lithosphere
What percentage of the water on Earth is fresh water?
3%
2%
5%
1%
Which of the following is a flow (transfer) in the drainage basin system?
Interception
Infiltration
Evaporation
Precipitation
Which one would NOT be a cause of a flashy hydrograph?
Impermeable rocks underlying basin
Steep slopes in basin
Permeable rocks underlying basin
High drainage density
What's the main river that runs through Carlisle?
Greta
Eden
Ouse
Paradise
Which of the following is a store in the drainage basin system?
Infiltration
Throughflow
Percolation
Interception
What is the name of the downward movement of water from soil into rocks?
Infiltration
Throughflow
Percolation
Stemflow
In the water balance equation, which letter represents discharge?
P
Q
E
S
What is the primary source of energy driving the water cycle?
Wind
Sun
Moon
Earth's core
Which of the following processes is responsible for the formation of clouds?
Infiltration
Transpiration
Evaporation
Condensation
Which of the following is a major component of the short-term carbon cycle?
Weathering
Photosynthesis
Volcanic eruptions
Plate tectonics
Which process returns water from plants to the atmosphere?
Infiltration
Transpiration
Percolation
Condensation
What is the term for water stored underground in permeable rock?
Surface runoff
Groundwater
Interception
Throughflow
Which process in the water cycle involves water changing from a liquid to a gas?
Condensation
Evaporation
Precipitation
Transpiration
Which of the following is considered an input in the drainage basin system?
Groundwater flow
Interception
Precipitation
Evaporation
How many stores of water are there?
4
5
6
7
When humans EXHALE, we release ____________________.
Oxygen
Nitrogen
Water
Carbon Dioxide
Where can you find carbon?
Only in the Earth's atmosphere.
Inside all water molecules.
Inside the sun.
Inside every living thing on Earth.
Carbon moves from fossil fuels to the atmosphere when fuels are burned.
True
False
True or false. There are 300 million trees in the Amazon rainforest.
True
False
How much carbon is stored in the Amazon rainforest?
76 GtC
110 GtC
132 GtC
201 GtC
How much carbon is in the oceans?
3170 GtC
100,000 GtC
40,000 GtC
800 GtC
What percentage of water is in the cryosphere (ice)?
2.1%
1.3%
2.4%
2.9%
True or false. There is more carbon in the atmosphere than in the biosphere.
True
False
Which country has 64% of the Amazon rainforest?
(a)
What % of rainfall in the Amazon is evaporated or transpired back to the atmosphere?
45%
48%
50%
52%
What % of the Amazon rainforest has been lost?
10%
15%
20%
25%
How much more carbon is in the atmosphere compared to 1750? (in parts per million)
118
128
138
148
