The Carbon Cycle: True or False

Green plants (producers) use carbon dioxide in photosynthesis

• True

• False

Combustion removes carbon from the atmosphere

• True

• False

The largest store of carbon is the atmosphere

• True

• False

Respiration adds carbon dioxide to the atmosphere

• True

• False

Respiration only occurs in animals

• True

• False

Decomposers remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere

• True

• False

Fossil fuels represent a huge (but decreasing) store of carbon

• True

• False

Increasing carbon dioxide may cause global cooling

• True

• False

Energy is transferred from plants to animals to decomposers

• True

• False

Respiration releases energy to the environment in the form of heat.

• True

• False