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Crazy About Carbon

Created by malik24

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Crazy About Carbon game quiz
"Carbon is all around us, not just on the periodic table. Perhaps this quiz will surprise you with its ubiquity. Quiz made in reply to kyleisalive's elements challenge."

15 Points Per Correct Answer - No time limit  



1. A concern of pro-environmentalists is lowering carbon footprints. What is a carbon footprint?
    A mark left by traveling artists who use charcoal
    The mark left if you wore a coal shoe
    Total amount of greenhouse gases caused by a person or group's activity
    Total amount of greenhouse gases caused unnecessarily, or through wasteful means


2. Which of these descriptions best matches the Carboniferous period, which took place about 359 to 299 million years ago?
    One of the largest recorded extinctions occurred at the end of this period due to particles blocking sunlight
    Lifeforms in the seas rapidly increase in numbers and diversity, land is barren
    Rainforest collapse due to glaciation, drop in sea levels, formation of coal beds
    Continent Pangaea splits into Laurasia and Gondwana, many lush jungles, first birds evolve


3. What do diamonds and graphite share in common?
    Both are made up of only carbon atoms
    Both are electrical insulators
    Nothing, they're worlds apart
    Both use ionic bonding


4. In the video game "Final Fantasy 7", there is a piece of armour called the Carbon Bangle. How many material slots does it have, and of what type? Having trouble? Just think of blind mice.
    Two linked pairs, one unlinked
    One linked pair, one unlinked
    One linked pair, three unlinked
    Five unlinked


5. There is a saying that trees are the "lungs of the world". But why is this?
    Their roots nourish the soils and land
    They take in carbon dioxide and create oxygen
    They take in oxygen and create carbon dioxide
    They remove all pollutants from the air


6. The pasta dish carbonara was derived from the Italian word "carbonaro". Which of these best describes the meaning of "carbonaro"?
    Charcoal burner
    Cooking in ovens
    Miner
    A plant derivative used to soothe burns


7. Carbon dating is a means of working out how old certain things are. On which of these can carbon dating be used?
    Old buildings
    Bone samples
    Rocks
    Volcanoes


8. Hydrocarbons are compounds containing only hydrogen and carbon. Given all the following hydrocarbons are frequently used as fuels, which of these hydrocarbons is the smallest?
    Octane
    Methane
    Butane
    Propane


9. "Carbon Monoxide" was a song sung by which alternative rock band in 2004 whose name is synonymous with a treat Queen Victoria was rather fond of?
    Cake
    Chocolate
    Jelly
    Cookie


10. The sedimentary rock, involved largely in cave formation, and comprised of different forms of calcium carbonate, is better known by what name?
    Sandstone
    Clay
    Granite
    Limestone


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Compiled Jun 28 12