Eco: Carbon Cycle

*Choose all that apply* What are benefits of photosynthesis?

• It makes food that plants and animals can use for energy

• It changes light energy from the sun into a form that can be used by living things

• It changes carbon into a form that can be used by living things

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In which organelle does photosynthesis take place?

• Chloroplast

• Mitochondria

• Nucleus

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Which process removes carbon dioxide from the atmosphere?

• deforestation

• tree farms

• burning fossil fuels

• cellular respiration

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What is the greatest contributor to atmospheric carbon?

• burning garbage

• burning biomass

• transportation

• household usage

What are two (2) ways to reduce the carbon emissions from passenger cars?

• Use less expensive gas

• Carpooling

• Public Transportation

• Driving only passenger cars

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What does the diagram indicate regarding the carbon cycle?

• Only terrestrial processes cycle carbon

• Only aquatic processes cycle carbon

• Terrestrial and aquatic processes are separate

• Both terrestrial and aquatic cycles operate together

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What organisms form fossils?

• animals

• plants and animals

• CaCO2

• sedimentary rocks

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What process occurs when light energy is captured in autotrophs and converted into sugar?

• Photosynthesis

• Cellular Respiration

• ATP production

• Carbon dioxide production

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What is the ultimate ORIGINAL source of energy for living things

• Sugar

• Sun

• Producers

• Carbon Dioxide

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Which organisms perform Photosynthesis?

• Only Autotrophs

• Only Heterotrophs

• Autotrophs and Heterotrophs

• Digital camera

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