Climate Change LC2 - Carbon Cycle

The Carbon Cycle has the greatest impact on ______________ on Earth

• Living organisms

• Climate change

• Plants

• The sun

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The process of breaking down living organisms.

• Decomposition

• Photosynthesis

• Combustion

• Respiration

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

• Water

• Atmosphere

• Sun

• Ground

The trapping of heat from solar radiation by the Earth's atmosphere.

• Greenhouse effect

• Carbonaro effect

• Sound effect

• Birth defect

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Which one of these does not add CO2 to the atmosphere?

• cooking with gas
• planting trees
• burning wood
• riding in a bus

Which process is represented by letter G?

• decomposition

• death

• feeding

• photosynthesis

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What is happening in step
1?

• Animals are decomposing and realizing carbon into the soil.
• Animals are releasing energy into the environment and storing carbon.
• Animals are turning carbon dioxide from the atmosphere into organic molecules.
• Animals are breaking down organic molecules and releasing carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.

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Which process is represented by letter B?

• fossilization

• combustion

• photosynthesis

• decomposition

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Carbon enters the soil through dead plant or animal matter.

• Decomposition

• Respiration

• Photosynthesis

• Diffusion

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The circulation of the element Carbon among Earth's atmosphere, land, oceans, and organisms is called _____________.

• the Carbon Cycle

• the Oxygen Cycle

• the Carbon dioxide Cycle

• the Water Cycle

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