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Carbon Cycle

Authored by Felicia M Walker

Science

9th - 12th Grade

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Carbon Cycle
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 5 pts

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

Water
Atmosphere
Sun
Air

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NGSS.HS-ESS2-6

NGSS.HS-ESS3-5

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 5 pts

How do living organisms return carbon to the atmosphere in the carbon cycle?

respiration and photosynthesis
 decomposition and respiration

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 5 pts

Media Image

What is happening at 1?

respiration: releasing CO2
decomposing COin the soil
photosynthesis: absorbing CO2
turning CO2 from the atmosphere into organic molecules

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 5 pts

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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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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 5 pts

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

water
nutrients
air
fossil fuels

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 5 pts

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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NGSS.MS-ESS3-5

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 5 pts

Through food chains, the carbon that is in plants moves to the animals that eat them. When an animal eats another animal, carbon is ___________________.

released

transferred

dissolved

gone

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

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