The Carbon Cycle

When humans burn fossil fuels, most of the carbon quickly enters the                       as carbon dioxide.

• Water
• Atmosphere
• Sun
• Air

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Which one of these does not add CO₂ to the atmosphere?

• cooking with gas

• planting trees

• burning wood

• riding in a bus

Combustion is another word for _______________.

• photosynthesis

• the carbon cycle

• the geosphere

• burning

What does not produce carbon dioxide?

• Photosynthesis
• Burning Fossil Fuels
• Animal respiration
• Plants decaying

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How do living organisms return carbon to the atmosphere in the carbon cycle?

• respiration

• decomposition

• photosynthesis

• transpiration

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In the carbon cycle, producers take in the gas __

• carbon dioxide
• oxygen
• nitrogen
• carbon monoxide

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How does the carbon in grass become part of a lion?

• The lion eats the grass
• Carbon from grass doesn't end up in a lion. 
• The carbon ends up in the lion's food chain. 
• The lion breathes in carbon given out by the plant

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In what process is Carbon transformed into chemical energy?

• Photosynthesis
• Respiration
• Primary Production
• Secondary Production

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oxygen is a gas produced by _ and used by  _ 

• plants and animals 
• photosynthesis and carbon dioxide 
• animals and plants 
• carbon dioxide and photosynthesis

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All of the carbon in existence is continually recycled in the carbon cycle

• True
• False

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