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Carbon Cycle

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 4hrs 45mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Identify the cycle illustrated in the diagram.

a)

Nitrogen Cycle

b)

Water Cycle

c)

Phosphorus Cycle

d)

Carbon Cycle

2.

Large areas of land are being developed. In the process, thousands of trees are being removed and burned. Which of the following statements will explain how it will affect the carbon cycle?

a)

I. The build up of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is driving global warming.

b)

II. Mainly as carbon dioxide

c)

III. When forests are cleared or burnt, stored carbon is released into the atmosphere.

d)

I, II, III

3.

oxygen is a gas produced by _1_ and used by  _2_ 

a)

1- plants

2-animals and plants

b)

1- photosynthesis

2- carbon dioxide 

c)

1- animals and plants

2- plants 

d)

1- carbon dioxide

2- photosynthesis

4.
Which of the following removes carbon from the atmosphere?
a)
Combustion
b)
Respiration
c)
Photosynthesis
d)
Death
5.

Which of the following adds carbon to the atmosphere?

a)
Combustion
b)
Respiration
c)
Photosynthesis
d)

Decomposers

6.

Plants use ____________ to make their own food

a)

Water

b)

Sunlight

c)

Carbon dioxide

d)

All of these

7.
Respiration is the process by which animals take in _____ and release _____. 
a)
photosynthesis, air
b)
carbon, oxygen
c)
oxygen
d)
oxygen, carbon dioxide
8.

Which statement is an example of how carbon moves through a food chain as part of the cycle?

a)

Producers release carbon dioxide, and consumers take it it.

b)

Producers take in carbon dioxide, and consumers release it.

c)

Producers take in carbon from the soil, and they release it when they decompose.

d)

Producers release carbon into the soil, and consumers take it in from the soil.

9.
When humans burn fossil fuels, most of the carbon quickly enters the                       as carbon dioxide.
a)

Hydrosphere

b)
Atmosphere
c)

Geosphere

d)

Biosphere

10.

When organisms die, what process returns their carbon back into the atmosphere?

a)

Respiration

b)

Decomposition

c)

Combustion

d)

Erosion

11.

How does carbon get from animals and back into the atmosphere? (CHOOSE ALL THAT APPLY)

a)

Respiration (breathing)

b)

After they die, they are broken down by decomposers

c)

Photosynthesis

d)

None of these

12.

Carbon is used in the process called __________ by plants and algae to make food and the building blocks for growth.

a)

carbon cycle

b)

life

c)

photosynthesis

d)

decomposition

13.

Burning fossil fuels has raised the concentration of ___________ in the atmosphere.

a)

oxygen

b)

rain

c)

carbon

d)

nitrogen

14.
Which one of these does not add CO2 to the atmosphere?
a)
cooking with gas
b)
planting trees
c)
burning wood
d)
riding in a bus
15.
Identify the components involved in the carbon cycle above ground.