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Carbon Cycle and Yeast Lab

Total questions: 32

Worksheet time: 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Carbon molecules cannot be created or destroyed

a)

True

b)

False

c)

Not enough information to answer

2.
Which process converts carbon in the form of sugar into carbon dioxide gas?
a)
Bioremediation
b)
Photosynthesis
c)
Respiration
d)
Transpiration
3.
Organisms that do not decompose can be buried and become what?
a)
water
b)
nutrients
c)
air
d)
fossil fuels
4.
Which of the following removes carbon from the atmosphere?
a)
Combustion
b)
Respiration
c)
Photosynthesis
d)
Death
5.
All of the carbon in existence is continually recycled in the carbon cycle
a)
True
b)
False
6.

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

a)

Stay the same

b)

Increase

c)

Decrease

7.
Combustion is another word for __________.
a)
Transportation
b)
Respiration
c)
Fossil Fuels
d)
Burning
8.

If a forest fire occurs, what will happen to most of the carbon in the forest?

a)

It will go into the soil

b)

It will go into the atmosphere

c)

It will runoff into nearby streams and rivers

d)

It will be destroyed

9.

What kind of organism takes out the most carbon from the atmosphere?

a)

Plants

b)

Bacteria

c)

Animals

d)

Humans

10.

How does deforestation affect the carbon cycle?

a)

It increases the amount of carbon dioxide absorbed from the atmosphere

b)

It decreases the amount of carbon dioxide released into the atmosphere

c)

It decreases the amount of carbon dioxide absorbed from the atmosphere

d)

It has no significant effect on the carbon cycle

11.

How does deforestation affect the carbon cycle?

a)

It increases the amount of carbon dioxide absorbed from the atmosphere

b)

It decreases the amount of carbon dioxide released into the atmosphere

c)

It decreases the amount of carbon dioxide absorbed from the atmosphere

d)

It has no significant effect on the carbon cycle

12.

How does the carbon cycle regulate the Earth's climate?

a)

By balancing the levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere

b)

By trapping heat in the atmosphere

c)

By decreasing the levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere

d)

By increasing the levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere

13.

Which process in the carbon cycle involves plants absorbing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere?

a)

Respiration

b)

Photosynthesis

c)

Burning fossil fuels

d)

Erosion

14.

What happens to the carbon stored in fossil fuels when they are burned?

a)

The carbon is converted into oxygen gas.

b)

The carbon is converted into water vapor.

c)

The carbon stored in fossil fuels is released into the atmosphere as carbon dioxide gas.

d)

The carbon is absorbed by the ground.

15.

How does carbon get from living organisms into the sediment?

a)

Decomposition

b)

Respiration

c)

Photosynthesis

d)

Deposition

16.
What is the greenhouse effect?
a)
The warming of a planet due to trapped radiation.
b)
The cooling of Earth due to air pollution.
c)
The heating of a solid, such as a rock.
17.

Select all of the storages of the carbon cycle

a)

Atmosphere

b)

Living organsisms

c)

Clouds

d)

Ocean

e)

Fossil fuels

18.

Which of the following is the biggest carbon store?

a)

Plants

b)

Ocean

c)

Atmosphere

d)

Soil

19.

How does carbon get from underground deposits (fossil fuels) into the atmosphere?

a)

Decomposition

b)

Deposition

c)

Photosynthesis

d)

Combustion

20.

Which gas do animals release, that plants depend on for survival?

a)

Carbon dioxide

b)

Oxygen

c)

Sunlight

d)

Water

21.

Which of the following processes does NOT move carbon to the atmosphere?

a)

Animal respiration (Breathing)

b)

Volcanic eruption

c)

Photosynthesis

d)

Burning fossil fuels

22.

How do plants affect the air that animals and people breathe?

a)

Plants use oxygen from the air to make their own food

b)

Plants release pollution into the air

c)

Plants take in carbon dioxide and release oxygen

d)

Plants take in oxygen and release carbon dioxide

23.

Why does cutting down trees increase global warming?

a)

trees soak up carbon dioxide and removing them causes more carbon to stay in the atmosphere

b)

trees provide shade which counteracts global warming

c)

trees absorbs the sun's energy without radiating back into the atmosphere

d)

trees drain greenhouse gases like methane from soil

24.
The average temperature of the surface of Earth has increased approximately 1°C in the past century. Which reason best explains this increase in temperature?
a)
lower levels of ozone in the atmosphere
b)
lower levels of nitrogen in the atmosphere
c)
higher levels of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases in the atmosphere
d)
higher levels of oxygen in the atmosphere
25.
Which of the following is an example of a decomposer?
a)
Owl
b)
Fish
c)
Tree
d)
Mushroom
26.

Yeast feeds on this element in order to give off CO2 gas.

a)

sugar

b)

vinegar

c)

salt

27.

Yeast is a...

a)

bacteria

b)

microscopic fungus

c)

plant

d)

animal

28.

Which of the following temperatures would not be recommended for yeast? select all that apply

a)

cold

b)

boiling

c)

warm

29.
Yeast is a living organism 
a)
True 
b)
False 
30.

What does yeast feed on to become "alive/activated"?

a)

water and sugar or flour

b)

water and salt

c)

sugar and salt

d)

Mcdonalds

31.

What gas is released when yeast uses sugars for energy?

a)

Carbon Dioxide

b)

Oxygen

c)

Nitrogen

d)

Helium

32.

What happens to yeast population if you inrease the sugar in your test tube?

a)

yeast decreases

b)

yeast remains the same

c)

yeast increases

d)

yeast will die