Carbon Cycle & Global Climate Change

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

• Water
• Atmosphere
• Sun
• Air

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NGSS.HS-ESS2-6

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

• cooking with gas
• planting trees
• burning wood
• riding in a bus

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Why is the ocean important to the carbon cycle?

• It keeps sediment containing carbon underwater for millions of years
• The ocean gives out more carbon then it takes in (increases global warming)
• The ocean isn't important to the carbon cycle.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

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

• True
• False

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

What does not produce carbon dioxide?

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

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

Combustion is another word for _______________.

• a train
• a bus
• a dog
• burning

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

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

• cooking with gas
• planting trees
• burning wood
• riding in a bus

What are fossil fuels made from?

• Plants and animals that are buried underground for millions of years.

• They absorb it from the atmosphere.

• Water

• Wind

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

Through the process of photosynthesis, plants pull CO₂ from the air to make plant food for themselves.

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

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

• the Carbon Cycle

• the Oxygen Cycle

• the Carbon dioxide Cycle

• the Water Cycle

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1