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