Carbon Cycle - Assessment

1.

Multiple Choice

45 sec

1 pt

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

Water

Atmosphere

Sun

Air

2.

Multiple Choice

45 sec

1 pt

Combustion is another word for _______________.

a train

a bus

a dog

burning

3.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

What does not produce carbon dioxide?

Photosynthesis

Burning Fossil Fuels

Animal respiration

Plants decaying

4.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

How do living organisms return carbon to the atmosphere in the carbon cycle?

respiration and photosynthesis

decomposition and respiration

5.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

In what process is Carbon transformed into chemical energy?

Photosynthesis

Respiration

Primary Production

Secondary Production

6.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

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

Water

Atmosphere

Sun

Air

7.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

Which of the following removes carbon from the atmosphere?

Combustion

Respiration

Photosynthesis

Death

8.

Multiple Choice

45 sec

1 pt

Carbon can be found in...?

The atmosphere

Inside of the Earth

Fossil fuels

All of the above!

9.

Multiple Choice

45 sec

1 pt

Carbon dioxide is produced by the burning of fossil fuels

True

False

10.

Multiple Choice

45 sec

1 pt

The circulation of the element Carbon among Earth's atmosphere, land, oceans, and organisms is called _____________.

the Carbon Cycle

the Oxygen Cycle

the Carbon dioxide Cycle

the Water Cycle

11.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

_____________ is an essential element of all living creatures.

Gold

Carbon

Carbon dioxide

Silver

12.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

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

carbon cycle

life

photosynthesis

decomposition

13.

Multiple Choice

45 sec

1 pt

Which process converts carbon in the form of sugar into carbon dioxide gas?

Bioremediation

Photosynthesis

Respiration

Transpiration

14.

Multiple Choice

45 sec

1 pt

Which is a true statement?

Humans depend on oxygen, plants depend on carbon dioxide

Plants produce carbon dioxide

Humans depend on carbon dioxide, plants depend on oxygen

Humans don't depend on plants for the air they need

15.

Multiple Choice

45 sec

1 pt

Plants use ____________ to make their own food

Water

Sunlight

Carbon dioxide

All of these

16.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

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

Plants use oxygen from the air to make their own food

Plants release pollution into the air

Plants take in carbon dioxide and release oxygen

Plants take in oxygen and release carbon dioxide

17.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

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

Water

Carbon Dioxide

Oxygen

Sugar

18.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

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

Carbon dioxide

Oxygen

Sunlight

Water

19.

Multiple Select

30 sec

1 pt

Carbon is found in

all living things

all dead things

all elements and compounds

all non-living things

only water

20.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

Over ________________ of years, once-living matter that remains in the ground can transform into fossil fuels.

millions

hundreds

thousands

a few handful

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