Vocabulary Quiz 4

Combustion is another word for __________.

• Transportation
• Respiration
• Fossil Fuels
• Burning

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

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

• respiration and photosynthesis
•  decomposition and respiration

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NGSS.HS-LS2-5

Which process contributes carbon dioxide to the atmosphere?

• respiration

• photosynthesis

• tree farms

Which of the following is correct?

• There is as much carbon on earth as when it was formed

• Carbon is being created whenever it is recycled

• Carbon is lost every time it is recycled

• Carbon changes to different forms and is never recovered

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

Carbon can be found in...

• The atmosphere
• Soil
• Fossil fuels
• All of the above

Respiration is the process by which animals take in _____ and release _____ to make energy. 

• photosynthesis, air
• carbon, oxygen
• oxygen
• oxygen, carbon dioxide

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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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

What is the an important element for living things.

• Neon
• Hydrogen
• Helium
• Carbon

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

What is the water cycle?

• the 3 forms of water
• the movement of water on, above, or below the surface of the Earth
• when water melts
• when clouds form

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4