Carbon Cycle/Combustion Summative
  • 1. Which Formula best describes Combustion?
A) Fuel+Oxygen =Catalyst +CO2+Water Vapor
B) None of the answers listed
C) Light+Heat+Fuel= Water Vapor+CO2+Catalyst
D) Fuel+Oxygen = Light+Heat
E) Fuel+Oxygen= Light+Heat+Carbon Dioxide+ Water Vapor
  • 2. Which of the following leads to a major imbalance in the carbon cycle?
A) Allowing trees to grow to maturity
B) The discovery of fossil fuels
C) The combustion of fossil fuels
D) Tim Tebow
E) Carbon Sinks
  • 3. Which of the following statements is NOT true about this picture?
A) It shows atmospheric Carbon Dioxide
B) It is a carbon sink
C) It shows a way to store carbon
D) It is a reason that the carbon cycle is out of balance.
E) None of the answers listed
  • 4. Which answer BEST describes where can you find Carbon?
A) Only stored in fossil fuels
B) Usually just in trees
C) Inside all living things
D) In the water molecules within our oceans.
E) Only in the Earth's Atmosphere
  • 5. Is this Formula for Combustion True or False: Natural Gas (Methane) Combustion CH4 + 2 O2 = 4 CO2 + 2 H20
A) True
B) False
  • 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 involve the transfer of materials between animals, plants and the earth
C) That cycle's crazy. Terrible. Knucklehead.
D) Both involve the transfer of materials exclusively between plants and animals
E) Both cycles stop working below freezing
  • 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) 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.
B) Wood produces twice as much CO2 than propane per unit burned.
C) 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.
D) Each fuel produces water vapor.
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) Something that adds carbon to the atmosphere.
C) Something that removes carbon from the Earth's atmosphere
D) None of the answers listed.
E) Something that removes carbon from the Earth's crust.
  • 9. Use the picture and choose the statement that is MOST true:
A) Paraffin has the second greatest amount of Carbon in its formula
B) Propane and methane produce the same amount of C02 through combustion.
C) Propane produces less Carbon Dioxide than Natural Gas/Methane when combusted
D) While coal has the greatest amount of carbon in its formula, wood produces more CO2 through combustion
E) Coal and oil produce the same amount of water vapor through combustion
  • 10. Which of these world events lead to the biggest imbalance in the carbon cycle?
A) The Industrial Revolution
B) Super Bowl XLVI
C) The Gulf War
D) The American Revolution
E) The Civil War
  • 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) Tree roots put carbon dioxide back into the soil
C) None of the answers listed.
D) All rocks absorb C02 over time
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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