Carbon Jeopardy!
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Carbon Jeopardy!
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Carbon Jeopardy!
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Carbon Jeopardy!
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Final Jeopardy
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Why is too much Carbon Dioxide in the atmosphere bad?
It is a greenhouse gas and traps heat on Earth / Acid rain
100
What are carbon sinks?
Places where lots of carbon is stored.
100
Name two major carbon sinks on Earth.
Oceans and rocks.
100
What living organisms need Carbon Dioxide to live?
Plants
300
What part of the Carbon Cycle is controlled by humans?
Burning fossil fuels / Forest Fires
300
What do forest fires have to do with carbon?
They release a lot of Carbon Dioxide into the atmosphere.
300
Name three ways that carbon or a form of carbon is released into the atmosphere.
Forest fires / Volcanic eruptions / Decomposition of organisms / Burning fossil fuels
300
What are the two main forms of carbon in Earth's atmosphere?
Carbon dioxide and methane
300
Source for Final Jeopardy question:
NASA Earth Observatory - http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Features/CarbonCycle/
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True or False: Does decomposition of organisms release carbon dioxide?
True
500
What is it called when carbon dioxide and other gasses are released from volcanic eruptions?
Volcanic outgassing
500
A big source of carbon are fossil fuels. What are fossil fuels?
Organisms that have been buried for million of years and turned into fossil fuels like coal and oil.
500
Roughly how much more carbon dioxide is there in the atmosphere today than 150 years ago?
About 30%
500
About how much carbon did humans release into the atmosphere by burning fossil fuels?
About 8.4 billion tons of carbon! (If correct, double your points!)
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