Carbon Cycle

Which of the following removes carbon dioxide from the atmosphere?

• Combustion

• Respiration

• Photosynthesis

• Death

Which of the following is an example of a decomposer?

• Owl

• Fish

• algae

• earthworm

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

• water
• nutrients
• air
• fossil fuels

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Which describes the relationship between plants and animals in the carbon cycle?

• Plants produce and release oxygen that animals need

• Plants produce and release carbon dioxide that animals need

• Animals produce and release oxygen that plants need

• Animals produce oxygen that plants turn into carbon dioxide

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Plants use ____________ to make their own food

• Water

• Sunlight

• Carbon dioxide

• All of these

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Which gas do plants release, that humans depend on for survival?

• Water

• Carbon Dioxide

• Oxygen

• Nitrogen

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

• Water

• Atmosphere

• Sun

• ground

Combustion is another word for _______________.

• cutting down trees

• death

• carbon entering an animal by what it eats

• burning

What does not produce carbon dioxide?

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

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How do animals get carbon?

• By eating plants and or other animals.

• They absorb it from the atmosphere.

• From the ground

• They do not get carbon from anywhere.

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