Carbon cycle preflashcard

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What does NOT produce carbon dioxide? Options: Photosynthesis, Burning Fossil Fuels, Animal respiration, Plants decaying

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Photosynthesis

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Combustion is another word for __________.

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Burning

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Organisms that do not decompose can be buried and become what?

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fossil fuels

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Carbon can be found in...

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All of the above

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Which of the following removes carbon from the atmosphere? Options: Combustion, Respiration, Photosynthesis, Death

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Photosynthesis

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What process occurs when coal (fossil fuel) is used for energy?

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Combustion

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Respiration is the process by which animals take in _____ and release _____.

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oxygen, carbon dioxide

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Which compound does NOT contain carbon atoms? Options: carbon dioxide, ammonium, calcium carbonate, methane

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ammonium

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When humans burn fossil fuels, most of the carbon quickly enters the                       as carbon dioxide. Options: Water, Atmosphere, Sun, Air

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Atmosphere

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The circulation of the element Carbon among Earth's atmosphere, land, oceans, and organisms is called _____________.

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the Carbon Cycle