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Global Systems and the Carbon Cycle Practice Quiz

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 30mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What does NOT produce carbon dioxide?
a)
Photosynthesis
b)
Burning Fossil Fuels
c)
Animal respiration
d)
Plants decaying
2.
Carbon can be found in...
a)
The atmosphere
b)
Soil
c)
Fossil fuels
d)
All of the above
3.
Which of the following removes carbon from the atmosphere?
a)
Combustion
b)
Respiration
c)
Photosynthesis
d)
Death
4.
Combustion is another word for __________.
a)
Transportation
b)
Respiration
c)
Fossil Fuels
d)
Burning
5.
Respiration is the process by which animals take in _____ and release _____. 
a)
photosynthesis, air
b)
carbon, oxygen
c)
oxygen
d)
oxygen, carbon dioxide
6.
What process occurs when coal (fossil fuel) is used for energy?
a)
Decomposition
b)
Combustion
c)
Pressurization 
d)
Respiration 
7.
Organisms that do not decompose can be buried and become what?
a)
water
b)
nutrients
c)
air
d)
fossil fuels
8.

C6H12O6 is also known as glucose (sugar). Where is it found?

a)

Plants

b)

Animals

c)

Both plants and animals

d)

Neither plants or animals

9.

When humans EXHALE, we release __________________.

a)

Oxygen

b)

Carbon Dioxide

c)

Nitrogen

d)

Water

10.

Which Earth system includes rocks, sand, and mountains?

a)

geosphere

b)

atmosphere

c)

hydrosphere

d)

biosphere

11.

Buffalo, people, and flowers are part of what Earth System?

a)

hydrospere

b)

atmosphere

c)

biosphere

d)

geosphere

12.

This Earth System includes rivers, lakes, glaciers, and clouds.

a)

biosphere

b)

hydrosphere

c)

atmosphere

d)

geosphere

13.
Study the graph below.  Where is most of the Earth's water located?
a)
Rivers and Lakes
b)
Glaciers and Icecaps
c)
oceans
d)
groundwater
14.
Why is MOST of the freshwater on Earth not available for our use?
a)
All freshwater on Earth is easily accessible for use.
b)
It is frozen in the icecaps and glaciers.
c)
It is surface water.
d)
It is underground.
15.
Based on current scientific evidence, how old is the Earth?
a)
6,000 years old
b)
460 million years old
c)
4.6 billion years old
d)
46 billion years old
16.

Earth's materials are:

a)

Only gasses

b)

Only rocks

c)

Rock, gases and metals

d)

Rock, metals and oceans

17.

What was the first organisms to appear?

a)

Humans

b)

Bacteria

c)

Aliens

d)

Plants

18.

Pieces of moon rock are kept in

a)

a basket with other space materials

b)

a rock garden with space gnomes

c)

sealed container away from human touch

19.

Which metal is the Earths inner core mostly made out of?

a)

Nickel

b)

Iron

c)

Aluminium

d)

Copper

20.

The main human activity that releases greenhouse gases is

a)

Using bottled water

b)

Burning fossil fuels

c)

Texting on cell phones

d)

Eating meat

21.

The gradual increase in temperature of the atmosphere is known as

a)

Greenhouse effect

b)

Carbon dioxide gases

c)

Global warming

d)

Methane

22.
Where is carbon stored in the environment?
a)
Fossil fuels
b)
Wood of trees
c)
Calcium carbonate (shells and bones)
d)
All of the above
23.
What 2 things does a plant make during photosynthesis?
a)
oxygen, glucose
b)
glucose, carbon dioxide
c)
useable energy, glucose
d)
oxygen, carbon dioxide
24.

Which photo represents the geosphere?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

25.

How do animals get carbon?

a)

By eating plants and or other animals.

b)

They absorb it from the atmosphere.

c)

From the ground

d)

They do not get carbon from anywhere.

26.
oxygen is a gas produced by _ and used by  _ 
a)
plants and animals 
b)
photosynthesis and carbon dioxide 
c)
animals and plants 
d)
carbon dioxide and photosynthesis
27.

Which is a true statement?

a)

Humans depend on oxygen, plants depend on carbon dioxide

b)

Plants produce carbon dioxide

c)

Humans depend on carbon dioxide, plants depend on oxygen

d)

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

28.

Plants use ____________ to make their own food

a)

Water

b)

Sunlight

c)

Carbon dioxide

d)

All of these

29.

Through food chains, the carbon that is in plants moves to the animals that eat them. When an animal eats another animal, carbon is ___________________.

a)

released

b)

transferred

c)

dissolved

d)

gone

30.

________________________ is part of the air, rocks, soil, and all living things.

a)

Nitrogen

b)

Carbon

c)

Water

d)

Silver

31.

Which of the following are fossil fuels?

a)

Coal, Water, Oil

b)

Oxygen, Coal, Oil

c)

Coal, Oil, Natural Gas

d)

None of these

32.

Where can you find carbon?

a)

Only in the Earth's atmosphere.

b)

Inside all water molecules.

c)

Inside the sun.

d)

Inside every living thing on Earth.

33.

What are fossil fuels made from?

a)

Plants and animals that are buried underground for millions of years.

b)

They absorb it from the atmosphere.

c)

Water

d)

Wind

34.

Why does too much carbon dioxide in the atmosphere cause climate change?

a)

It cools our planet.

b)

Blocks out UV rays.

c)

Lets light escape.

d)

Traps heat and warms the planet.

35.

What is the name of the bacteria that created the oxygen for our atmosphere?

a)

Staph Bacteria

b)

Cyanobacteria

c)

Cyberbacteria

d)

Oxybacteria

36.

What did the bacteria in our planet do in order to survive and evolve?

a)

They mated with each other

b)

They ate each other and took the organelles

c)

They combined with each other and created a team

d)

They worked out and became stronger

37.

Where is most of the carbon stored in our atmosphere?

a)

CO2

b)

Dissolved CO2

c)

Fossil Fuel

d)

Living Tissue

38.

Where is most of the carbon stored in the geosphere (land)

a)

Rocks

b)

CO2

c)

Fossil Fuel

d)

Plants

39.

When the CO2 hits the grounds, where does the carbon go? Select all that applies.

a)

Fossil Fuel

b)

Plants

c)

Soil

d)

Rain

40.

What is biomass?

a)

living organisms

b)

Something that is heavy

c)

Biology

d)

Dead things that can be used as fuel

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