Unit 2 Climate Change Review

Front

What percentage of any living organism is made up of carbon?

Back

45-50%

Front

Carbon can be found in this form in the atmosphere when fossil fuels are burned.

Back

Carbon dioxide

Front

True or False: Cellular respiration breaks down sugar and turns it into energy while photosynthesis creates energy in the form of sugar.

Back

True

Front

What is the difference between a carbon reservoir and a carbon source?

Back

A carbon reservoir stores carbon while a carbon source releases carbon.

Front

Why are plants carbon reservoirs?

Back

Because plants use carbon dioxide from the atmosphere to make the building blocks of food during photosynthesis.

Front

The main reservoir for fast carbon cycle are

Back

Plants

Front

The main reservoir for slow carbon cycle are

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Oceans, Atmosphere, Rocks

Front

What has been the result of an imbalance in the carbon cycle caused by humans?

Back

Global Warming

Front

What does the carbon cycle maintain?

Back

A balance of carbon among the spheres of Earth

Front

Which of the following is an example of carbon flowing from one sphere to another?
Options: When living organisms produce offspring, they create new carbon atoms, When living organisms die, they move carbon from the biosphere to the lithosphere, Where the ocean meets the land, it pulls minerals into the water, The atmosphere dissolves carbon at the top of mountains

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When living organisms die, they move carbon from the biosphere to the lithosphere