Carbon Cycle/Combustion Summative
  • 1. Which Formula best describes Combustion?
A) Fuel+Oxygen= Light+Heat+Carbon Dioxide+ Water Vapor
B) Fuel+Oxygen =Catalyst +CO2+Water Vapor
C) None of the answers listed
D) Fuel+Oxygen = Light+Heat
E) Light+Heat+Fuel= Water Vapor+CO2+Catalyst
  • 2. Which of the following leads to a major imbalance in the carbon cycle?
A) Carbon Sinks
B) Allowing trees to grow to maturity
C) Tim Tebow
D) The combustion of fossil fuels
E) The discovery of fossil fuels
  • 3. Which of the following statements is NOT true about this picture?
A) It shows a way to store carbon
B) It is a carbon sink
C) It is a reason that the carbon cycle is out of balance.
D) It shows atmospheric Carbon Dioxide
E) None of the answers listed
  • 4. Which answer BEST describes where can you find Carbon?
A) Inside all living things
B) Only stored in fossil fuels
C) Only in the Earth's Atmosphere
D) Usually just in trees
E) In the water molecules within our oceans.
  • 5. Is this Formula for Combustion True or False: Natural Gas (Methane) Combustion CH4 + 2 O2 = 4 CO2 + 2 H20
A) False
B) True
  • 6. How is the carbon cycle similar to the water cycle?
A) Both involve liquid substances falling out out of the atmosphere to the Earth.
B) Both cycles stop working below freezing
C) That cycle's crazy. Terrible. Knucklehead.
D) Both involve the transfer of materials between animals, plants and the earth
E) Both involve the transfer of materials exclusively between plants and animals
  • 7. Challenge Question: Looking at the following formulas for combustion of two different materials, which statement is NOT true? Here are the formulas: Wood Combustion: C6H12O6 + O2 = 6CO2 +6H2O Propane Gas Combustion (Ethane) C3H8 + 5O2 = 3 CO2 + 4 H20
A) Wood produces twice as much CO2 than propane per unit burned.
B) Each fuel produces water vapor.
C) Because the trees that wood comes from are a more active part of the carbon cycle, carbon dioxide created from the combustion of wood would be less likely to contribute to long term climate change.
D) Because propane comes from carbon that has been stored for millions of years, it is generally considered to be a fuel that is better at balancing the carbon cycle.
E) Propane Propane Gas Combustion (Ethane) C3H8 + 5O2 = 3 CO2 creates fewer units of CO2 per unit of fuel combusted than paraffin Paraffin: (used in modern candles) C25H52 + 38 O2 = 25 CO2 + 26 H2O
  • 8. What is a carbon sink?
A) Something that adds carbon to the Earth's crust
B) None of the answers listed.
C) Something that adds carbon to the atmosphere.
D) Something that removes carbon from the Earth's atmosphere
E) Something that removes carbon from the Earth's crust.
  • 9. Use the picture and choose the statement that is MOST true:
A) Propane and methane produce the same amount of C02 through combustion.
B) Paraffin has the second greatest amount of Carbon in its formula
C) Coal and oil produce the same amount of water vapor through combustion
D) While coal has the greatest amount of carbon in its formula, wood produces more CO2 through combustion
E) Propane produces less Carbon Dioxide than Natural Gas/Methane when combusted
  • 10. Which of these world events lead to the biggest imbalance in the carbon cycle?
A) The American Revolution
B) Super Bowl XLVI
C) The Civil War
D) The Gulf War
E) The Industrial Revolution
  • 11. How does carbon become locked inside the Earth?
A) Humans pump large amounts of C02 into large underground storage tanks called carbon sinks
B) All rocks absorb C02 over time
C) None of the answers listed.
D) Tree roots put carbon dioxide back into the soil
E) The carbon rich bodies of animals and plants put carbon back into the Earth after they die and become buried.
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