WorksheetsIB Carbon cycle
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 7mins
Identify the type of organisms that can take up carbon dioxide and convert it into organic compounds
Consumers
Detritivores
Saprotrophs
Autotrophs
State the type of rock that consists mainly of calcium carbonate
(a)
What deposits form due to the partially decomposed plant matter in acidic and anaerobic conditions?
Peat
Limestone
Coral reefs
Oil
What term describes the transfer of large quantities of carbon from place to another?
(a)
Identify the process responsible for the greatest flux of carbon
Combustion of fossil fuels
Deforestation
Ocean uptake
Photosynthesis
Identify the gas released through the breakdown of organic matter in anaerobic conditions by a group of prokaryotic archaeans
Nitrogen
Methane
Carbon monoxide
Sulphur dioxide
Identify the process carried out by both heterotrophs and autotrophs that returns carbon dioxide to the atmosphere
Fossilization
Respiration
Partial decomposition
Photosynthesis
State the term that describes a method of carbon storage in an ecosystem
(a)
Identify the acid that forms when carbon dioxide reacts with water
Hydrochloric acid
Sulphuric acid
Carbonic acid
Nitric acid
Identify the process that is causing a large and increasing quantity of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere
Combustion
Photosynthesis
Fossilization
Methanogenesis
