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Carbon Cycle Review

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

All of the carbon in existence on Earth is continually recycled in the carbon cycle


a)

True

b)

False

2.

How do humans obtain their carbon?

a)

From absorbing sunlight

b)

From inhaling carbon

c)

From eating plants and animals

d)

From cow farts

3.

How does carbon move from the biosphere (all living things) into the atmosphere?

a)

Through cellular respiration

b)

Through photosynthesis

c)

Through burning fossil fuels

d)

Through carbon dissolving in the ocean

4.

What is NOT a carbon molecule

a)

Carbon Dioxide (CO2)

b)

Glucose (C6H12O6)

c)

Carbon Monoxide (CO)

d)

Oxygen (O2)

5.

How does the concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere affect climate?


a)

As carbon dioxide concentrations increase, temperatures increase


b)

As carbon dioxide concentration increase, temperatures decrease.


c)

Carbon dioxide concentrations have no affect on climate


d)

As carbon dioxide concentrations increase, temperatures become more random.


6.

According to most scientists, activities like fossil fuel burning and deforestation have affected the global carbon cycle.

a)

True

b)

False

7.

In the oceans; algae, plants, and other organisms use carbon from the atmosphere for _____.

a)

Cellular Respiration

b)

Decomposition

c)

Transpiration

d)

Photosynthesis

8.

Which of the following REMOVES carbon from the atmosphere

a)

Burning Fossil Fuels

b)

Cellular Respiration

c)

Photosynthesis

d)

Decomposition

9.

Global warming refers specifically to an increase in...

a)

The number of storms on Earth

b)

Precipitation from Earth's atmosphere

c)

Temperatures at the equator

d)

Earth's average surface temperature

10.

How might burning fossil fuels be creating global warming?

a)

Because fossil fuels will be all used up in a few decades

b)

Because burning fossil fuels in a very dangerous process

c)

Because burning fossil fuels adds CO2 to the atmosphere faster than it can be removed.