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6. Exit Ticket: Carbon Cycle

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What are two (2) ways to reduce the carbon emissions from passenger cars?

a)

Use less expensive gas

b)

Carpooling

c)

Public Transportation

d)

Driving only passenger cars

2.

Which process removes carbon dioxide from the atmosphere?

a)

deforestation

b)

tree farms

c)

burning fossil fuels

d)

cellular respiration

3.
Which of the following is the correct equation for PHOTOSYNTHESIS?
a)

CO+light+H2O --> O+ glucose

b)

CO+ glucose + H2O --> O+ light

c)

O2 + light + H2O --> CO+ Glucosg

d)

CO+ O2 + H2O --> Light+ glucose

4.

Cellular Respiration involves the chemical breakdown of _____ to form ATP Energy

a)

Fats

b)

Fructose

c)

Glucose

d)

Proteins

5.

Decomposition...

a)

releases carbon dioxide into the atmosphere when plants and animals breathe out

b)

helps plants create their own food using sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide

c)

creates carbon dioxide from dead and decaying plants and animals

d)

when we burn things such as trees, decaying plants and animals, and fossil fuels

6.
Burning fossil fuel has which effect in the carbon cycle?
a)
It removes carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.
b)
It puts carbon dioxide under the ground.
c)
It adds carbon dioxide to the atmosphere.
d)
It has no effect in the carbon cycle.
7.

The step of the carbon cycle that is in red is called...

a)

Photosynthesis

b)

Decomposition

c)

Respiration

d)

Combustion

8.

The process where carbon can be added back into the atmosphere by animals, plants and marine life.

a)

Volcanism

b)

Acid Rain

c)

Respiration

d)

Combustion

9.

Which of the following REMOVES carbon from the atmosphere?

a)

Combustion

b)

Respiration

c)

Photosynthesis

d)

Decomposition

10.

Plants remove CO2 from the atmosphere in order to produce glucose for survival.

a)

Combustion

b)

Volcanism

c)

Photosynthesis

d)

Consumption

11.
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
12.

What is the greatest contributor to atmospheric carbon?

a)

burning garbage

b)

burning biomass

c)

transportation

d)

household usage

13.
Carbon can be found in...
a)
The atmosphere
b)
Soil
c)
Fossil fuels
d)
All of the above
14.
Which of the following removes carbon from the atmosphere?
a)
Combustion
b)
Respiration
c)
Photosynthesis
d)
Death
15.

When humans burn fossil fuels, most of the carbon quickly enters the _____________as carbon dioxide.

a)

Water

b)

Sun

c)

Atmosphere

d)

Animals

16.

Respiration is the process by which animals take in _____ and release _____ to make energy. 

a)
photosynthesis, air
b)
carbon, oxygen
c)
oxygen
d)
oxygen, carbon dioxide
17.
Which of the following add carbon dioxide to the atmosphere?
a)
volcanoes
b)
combustion of fossil fuels
c)
animal and plant respiration
d)
all of these
18.
Which process takes carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere?
a)
respiration
b)
combustion
c)
decomposition
d)
photosynthesis
19.

Which process contributes carbon dioxide to the atmosphere?

a)

respiration

b)

photosynthesis

c)

tree farms

20.

CO2 released back to atmosphere by burning fossil fuels is called _________________.

a)

Combustion

b)

Respiration

c)

Decomposition

d)

Volcanism