9B1 L7 carbon cycle learning check

What is the name of the process that releases carbon from fossil fuels into the atmosphere?

If more trees are planted in an area, what would happen overall?

• More carbon dioxide would be absorbed by photosynthesis

• More carbon dioxide would be absorbed by respiration

• More carbon dioxide would be released by photosynthesis

• Ore carbon dioxide would be released by respiration

When a living organism dies, which process transfers to carbon to bacteria and fungi?

• Decomposition

• Fossilisation

• Respiration

• Feeding

By which process is carbon transferred through the food chain?

In all living organisms, what type of compound is carbon found as?

• Carbon dioxide

• Organic compounds

• Coal, oil and gas

Which process does not produce carbon dioxide gas?

• Photosynthesis

• Respiration

• Combustion

• Feeding

Which process does not alter the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere?

• Feeding

• Photosynthesis

• Respiration

• Combustion

Which of the following scenarios would increase the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere?

• If the rate of combustion was greater than the rate of fossilisation

• If the rate of fossilisation was greater than the rate if combustion

• If the rate of photosynthesis was greater than the rate of respiration

• If the rate of fossilisation was greater than the rate of photosynthesis

What is the name of the compound that carbon is found as in the atmosphere?

• Carbon dioxide

• Carbohydrates

• Coal

• Proteins

In which carbon sink is carbon not found as organic molecules?

• Fossil fuels

• Plants

• Animals

• Decomposers