The carbon/oxygen cycle

Which type of organism gets its energy directly from the Sun?

• producer
• consumer
• composer
• decomposer

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Animals and plants use substances that cycle through the environment.  Which substance is needed by plants to survive and is released into the environment by animals?

• oxygen
• sugar
• salt
• carbon dioxide

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Plants use _____________ to make their own food during photosynthesis.

• water
• energy from the Sun
• CO2
• water, energy from Sun, CO2

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Plants use _____________ to make their own food during photosynthesis.

• water
• energy from the Sun
• CO2
• water, energy from Sun, CO2

Which of the following is an example of a decomposer?

• Owl
• Fish
• Tree
• Mushroom

In what process is Carbon transformed into chemical energy?

• Photosynthesis
• Respiration
• Primary Production
• Secondary Production

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The diagram shows the flow of organic molecules through an ecosystem. What two processes are identified by the labels X and Y?

• X : Respiration
  Y : Predation
• X : Adaptation
  Y : Decomposition
• X : Fermentation
  Y : Nitrogen Fixation
• X : Decomposition
  Y : Respiration

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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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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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Which of the following add carbon dioxide to the atmosphere?

• volcanoes
• combustion of fossil fuels
• animal and plant respiration
• all of these

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