Name:______________________________________________ Date:___________ Period:_________
The Carbon Cycle and Global Climate Change – Quiz (20 points)
Write the letter of the correct answer to each question on the line next to each number.
____ 1. Which of the following parts of the carbon cycle is NOT a carbon sink?
a. Atmosphere
b. Soil/Sediment
c. Deep Ocean
d. Fossil Fuel
____ 2. Which parts of the carbon cycle have been most disrupted by human
activities, resulting in global warming?
a. Deep Ocean and Surface Ocean
b. Atmosphere and Plants
c. Fossil Fuels and Soil
d. Atmosphere and Fossil Fuels
____ 3. The name of the chemical process where plants take in carbon dioxide
to make organic compounds is called
a. Aerobic respiration
b. Photosynthesis
c. Anaerobic respiration
d. Chemosynthesis
____4. Animals add carbon dioxide to the atmosphere through the process of
a. Photosynthesis
b.
Chemosynthesis
c. Respiration
d. Transpiration
____ 5. Some carbon locked up in the earth’s crust (soil) gets returned to the
atmosphere through
a. Mudslides
c. Forest fires
b. Volcanic eruptions
d. It gets spewed out by the oceans
____ 6. Which human activity probably contributes the least to carbon cycle
imbalance?
a. Burning rainforests
c. Burning fossil fuels
b. Clear cutting forests
d. Respiration
____ 7. Human activities that have disrupted the carbon cycle have mostly
occurred over the last 150 years, mainly a result of
a. Increased logging
c. Burning of the rainforests for agriculture
b. The industrial revolution
d. More people carrying on respiration
____ 8. Which part of the carbon cycle gives off the most carbon?
a. Surface ocean
c. Plants
b. Burning fossil fuels
d. Formation of sedimentary rock
____ 9. Which part of the carbon cycle gives off the least carbon?
a. Burning fossil fuels
c. Animal respiration
b. Volcanic eruptions
d. Plants
____ 10. The warming of the earth’s atmosphere by certain heat trapping gases
is called?
a. The quickening
c. The greenhouse effect
b. The Coriolis effect
d. Ozone depletion
____ 11. The results of warming the earth’s atmosphere over the next 100 years
include?
a. Global climate change
c. Drought
b. A rise in ocean levels
d. Flooding
e. All of these will occur
____ 12. What are greenhouse gases?
a. Gases in the atmosphere that trap heat
b. Green-colored gases used to heat houses
c. Gases produced inside greenhouses
d. Gases produced by human activity that destroy the ozone layer
____ 13. What problems can warmer temperatures on earth cause?
a. Coral reefs dying from warmer water temperatures
b. Glaciers and polar ice caps melting, causing rising ocean levels
c. Glaciers and polar ice melting, disrupting ocean currents and weather
patterns
d. Mass extinction as a result of changes environments
e. All of these
____ 14. Which of the following will produce greenhouse gases?
a. Solar Panels
c. Windmills
b. Nuclear power plants
d. Coal burning power plants
____ 15. What can you do to counteract greenhouse gas accumulation?
a. Plant trees and stop clearing forests
b. Walk, ride a bicycle, and use mass transit instead of driving a car
c. Use less manufactured products, and reuse or recycle as much as
possible
d. Use less electricity, and less heat in the winter
e. All of these
____ 16. Why might it be bad for animals if earth warms?
a. Their environments may change
c. They will have to shed fur
b. They will overheat
d. Warmer is better for animals
____ 17. Why might it be bad for plants if earth warms?
a. Warmer is better for plants
c. They will overheat
b. They won’t shed leaves
d. Their environments may change
____ 18. Who will suffer the most from global climate change?
a. The rich, industrial nations
c. The poor, developing nations
b. Only animals will suffer
d. Only plants will suffer
____ 19. Who is most responsible for global warming?
a. The rich, industrial nations
c. The poor, developing nations
b. Plankton (mircroscopic ocean life) d. Volcanoes
____ 20. Which country has surpassed the United States as the greatest
producer of carbon dioxide emissions?
a. Russia
c. Australia
b. Brazil
d. China