Carbon & Water Cycles

Earth has a fixed amount of _____.

• trees
• carbon
• carbon dioxide

Carbon enters the living world through the process of _____.

• photosynthesis
• respiration
• combustion
• decomposition

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

In the atmosphere, carbon attaches to oxygen to form _____.

• C
• O
• CO₂ 
• C₆H₁₂O₆

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NGSS.HS-ESS2-6

Burning fossil fuel has which effect in the carbon cycle?

• It removes carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.
• It puts carbon dioxide under the ground.
• It adds carbon dioxide to the atmosphere.
• It has no effect in the carbon cycle.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

Which process takes carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere?

• respiration
• combustion
• decomposition
• photosynthesis

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

Plants use _______________________ to make their own food.

• Carbon Dioxide

• Oxygen

• Materials

• Gravity

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

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

• water
• nutrients
• air
• fossil fuels

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

TRUE or FALSE?
All of the carbon in existence is continually recycled in the carbon cycle.

• True
• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Which of these is an example of precipitation?

• snow
• air
• clouds
• vapor

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Which is the opposite of condensation?

• runoff
• evaporation
• precipitation
• transpiration

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4