Carbon Cycle Game
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Carbon Cycle Game Objective: Get all of the 7 "Carbon Cycle Role" tokens first! Rules: When starting the game, you receive 3 "Carbon Cycle Function" cards. You may start your playing piece on any Carbon Cycle Role, but you do not get the Carbon Cycle Role token. When it's your turn, you get asked a question. If you answer the question correctly, you can either move to a new Carbon Cycle Role along an arrow and receive that role's token, or you can select a Carbon Cycle Function card. You can only move to a new Carbon Cycle Role if you have the correct Carbon Cycle Function to get you there. 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Question: What is photosynthesis? Answer: The process that plants use to turn carbon dioxide and water into glucose (sugar) and oxygen Question: What is chemosynthesis? Answer: The process that yeast and many other organisms use to convert glucose into usable energy and carbon dioxide (often when there is no oxygen available) Question: Does global warming affect the temperature of land or oceans more? Answer: The process that some organisms use that turns a chemical like sulfur dioxide into Answer: Global warming increases land usable energy for the organism temperatures more than ocean temperatures Question: What is an alternative to the use of fossil fuels? Question: What are two things fossil fuels are used for? Answer: There are many: solar power, Answer: Transportation, electricity hydroelectric power, wind power, geothermal production, plastic manufacturing, heating, power, nuclear power, etc. material manufacturing, etc. Question: What is global warming? Question: How long does it take for fossil fuels to form? Answer: Millions of years Answer: The phenomenon caused by an increase in greenhouse gases, keeping heat from escaping into space and instead warming up the surface of the Earth Question Question Question Question Question Question Question Question Question: Why is methane bad for the atmosphere? Answer: Methane is a greenhouse gas and traps heat on the surface of the Earth Question: What are two greenhouse gases? Answer: Carbon dioxide, methane, water vapor, nitrous oxide, ozone Question: Why is carbon dioxide bad for the atmosphere? Question: What are two things that release carbon? Answer: Carbon dioxide is a greenhouse gas and traps heat on the surface of the Earth Answer: Animals breathing, burning of fossil fuels Question: What are two things that store carbon? Question: How does carbon end up in fossil fuels? Answer: Plants doing photosynthesis, fossils Answer: Carbon is stored by organisms in their bodies and the bodies are fossilized; sometimes, those fossils are compacted over time and turn into fossil fuels Question: How does carbon end up in decomposers? Question: How does carbon end up in secondary consumers? Answer: When they consume dead organic matter that contains carbon Answer: When they consume primary consumers Question Question Question Question Question Question Question Question Question: How does carbon end up inside of Question: How does carbon end up in primary producers? consumers? Answer: When they consume producers Question: How does carbon end up in the atmosphere? Answer: By using carbon dioxide in photosynthesis Question: What two molecules are given off whenever you burn anything? Answer: By the burning of any organic matter, including fossil fuels; also, by the breathing of Answer: Carbon dioxide and water animals Question: How many protons does a carbon atom have? Question: How many carbon atoms does methane (CH4) have? Answer: 6 protons Answer: One (and four hydrogens) Question: How many carbon atoms does glucose (C6H12O6) have? Question: How many carbon atoms does carbon dioxide (CO2) have? Answer: 6 carbons Answer: One (and two oxygens) Question Question Question Question Question Question Question Question Question: What is compaction? Question: What is combustion? Answer: The compression and squeezing of materials like fossils (and, over time, those fossils are squeezed into fossil fuels) Question: What is decomposition? Answer: The breaking down of dead organic material to its parts Question: What is predation? Answer: Burning, such as with fossil fuels Question: What is respiration? Answer: Breathing; cellular respiration is when oxygen and glucose are used to make carbon dioxide and usable energy Question: What gas does a consumer give off? Answer: When one organism hunts and kills another species Answer: Carbon dioxide Question: What gas does a producer give off? Question: What gas does a consumer need? Answer: Oxygen Answer: Oxygen Question Question Question Question Question Question Question Question Question: What gas does a producer need? Answer: Carbon dioxide Question: What does a primary consumer eat? Answer: Producers Question: What is something you can do to cut down on the amount of carbon dioxide you contribute to the atmosphere? Answer: Drive and get in cars less; eat less meat, less fast food; take public transportation; turn off electrical devices when not in use; buy less stuff Question: What does a secondary consumer eat? Answer: Primary consumers Question: What does a producer eat? Answer: The sun! Question: When did humans start producing large amounts of carbon dioxide? Answer: The Industrial Revolution, starting in the 19th century Question: How many parts per million (ppm) is the current carbon dioxide levels in our atmosphere? Question: Complete the sentence: As carbon dioxide levels rise, so does the _________ on Earth Answer: 390 ppm Answer: temperature Question Question Question Question Question Question Question Question
