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Carbon Cycle

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 3600secs

Name
Class
Date
1.
Which of the following removes carbon from the atmosphere?
a)
Combustion
b)
Respiration
c)
Photosynthesis
d)
Death
2.
When humans burn fossil fuels, most of the carbon quickly enters the                       as carbon dioxide.
a)
Water
b)
Atmosphere
c)
Sun
d)
Air
3.

When animals eat plants, the carbon that the plant contains is absorbed by the animals.

a)

True

b)

False

4.

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.

5.

What is CO2?

a)

Carbon Monoxide

b)

Carbon Trioxide

c)

Carbon Dioxide

d)

Oxygen

6.
Which of the following removes carbon from the atmosphere?
a)
Combustion
b)
Respiration
c)
Photosynthesis
d)
Death
7.

If the plant population decreased, the amount of carbon in the atmosphere would _________.

a)

Stay the same

b)

Increase

c)

Decrease

8.

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

9.

Plants use ____________ to make their own food

a)

Water

b)

Sunlight

c)

Carbon dioxide

d)

All of these

10.

Carbon enters the soil through dead plant or animal matter.

a)

Decomposition

b)

Respiration

c)

Photosynthesis

d)

Diffusion

11.
What does NOT produce carbon dioxide?
a)
Photosynthesis
b)
Burning Fossil Fuels
c)
Animal respiration
d)
Plants decaying
12.
Combustion is another word for __________.
a)
Transportation
b)
Respiration
c)
Fossil Fuels
d)
Burning
13.
Respiration is the process by which animals take in _____ and release _____. 
a)
photosynthesis, air
b)
carbon, oxygen
c)
oxygen
d)
oxygen, carbon dioxide
14.

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

a)

oxygen

b)

rain

c)

carbon

d)

nitrogen

15.
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
16.
carbon dioxide is a gas produced  by ________ and used by __________
a)
plants and animals 
b)
carbon and photosynthesis
c)
animals and plants 
d)
photosynthesis
17.

Identify the two processes that assist carbon through ecosystems.

a)

evaporation and condensation

b)

photosynthesis and respiration

c)

photosynthesis and evaporation

d)

condensation and respiration

18.
How does the carbon in grass become part of a living animal?
a)
by eating the grass
b)
It doesn't end up in the animal no matter what
c)
It ends up in its food chain
d)
It breathes in carbon given out by the plant
19.
Why does too much carbon dioxide in the atmosphere cause climate change?
a)
It cools our planet
b)
Blocks out UV rays
c)
Traps heat and warms planet
d)
Lets light escape
20.
Deforestation contributes to the greenhouse gasses by
a)
loss of trees that would otherwise remove carbon dioxide from the air
b)
as trees are cut, they release carbon dioxide
c)
increasing the amount of oxygen in the air