The Carbon Cycle Review

Which process does not produce carbon dioxide?

• Photosynthesis

• Burning Fossil Fuels

• Animal respiration

• Plants decaying

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

Which of the following removes carbon from the atmosphere?

• Combustion
• Respiration
• Photosynthesis
• Death

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

In the carbon cycle, animals can release carbon back into the cycle through __________ or through __________.

• burning . . . photosynthesis

• fixation . . . decomposition

• decomposition . . . photosynthesis

• respiration . . . decomposition

• respiration . . . photosynthesis

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

If fossile fuels (Ex. oil) are burned where will the carbon go to?

• Hydrosphere

• Geosphere

• Atmosphere

• Biosphere

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NGSS.HS-ESS2-6

If the plant population decreased, the amount of carbon in the atmosphere would _________.

• Stay the same

• Increase

• Decrease

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

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

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

• water
• nutrients
• air
• fossil fuels

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

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

With the help of the Sun, through the process of photosynthesis, carbon dioxide is pulled from the air to make plant________

• leaves

• food

• roots

• nutrients

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Which process contributes carbon dioxide to the atmosphere?

• respiration

• photosynthesis

• tree farms