carbon cycle

What does NOT produce atmospheric carbon dioxide?

• Photosynthesis

• Burning Fossil Fuels

• Animal respiration

• Anything living in the ocean.

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

• True
• False

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

• water
• nutrients
• air
• fossil fuels

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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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The average temperature of the surface of Earth has increased approximately 1°C in the past century. Which reason best explains this increase in temperature?

• lower levels of ozone in the atmosphere
• lower levels of nitrogen in the atmosphere
• higher levels of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases in the atmosphere
• higher levels of oxygen in the atmosphere

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How is the burning of fossil fuels related to global warming?

• Magic
• Fuels are hot
• Greenhouse effect
• Photosynthesis

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Which of the following is an example of a decomposer?

• Owl
• Fish
• Tree
• Mushroom

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If the plant population decreased, the amount of total carbon on the planet would _________.

• Stay the same

• Increase

• Decrease

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Which of the following are fossil fuels?

• Coal, water, oil

• Oxygen, coal, oil

• Coal, Oil, Natural Gas

• None of the above

How does carbon become locked inside the earth?

• Tree roots expel carbon into the soil as they grow.

• Humans use machines to pump carbon dioxide into large underground rocks.

• Rocks become richer in carbon as time goes by.

• The carbon-rich bodies of plants and animals decay into the earth after they die.

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