Carbon Quick Check

Which process creates oxygen and glucose for the environment that only PLANTS go through?

• Cellular Respiration

• Photosynthesis

• Combustion

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How does carbon move into the atmosphere?

• Through photosynthesis

• By burning fossil fuels

• By releasing methane gas

• Through the water cycle

Extra carbon in the atmosphere is causing Earth to...

• Heat up

• Cool down

• Change position in the solar system

• Increase in size

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Cutting down trees is also known as ​ (a)   ​ , which is causing less ​ (b)   to be absorbed by ​ (c)  

• deforestation
• carbon dioxide
• plants
• consumers
• energy storage molecules
• oxygen
• forestation

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How does Carbon move from plants to animals?

• By burning fossil fuels

• Through the process of photosynthesis

• By the release of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere

• Animals eat the plants

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In an ecosystem, if carbon is increasing in abiotic matter, it must be​ (a)   in biotic matter.

• decreasing
• increasing

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Can the total carbon on the Earth change?

• Yes, because it is an open system. Carbon can come in and out from the solar system.

• No, because it is a closed system. No carbon comes in or out.

True/False: Carbon is a molecule.

• True

• False

Answer explanation

Examples of molecules are:

-H2O

-CO2

-C6H12O6

The letters by themselves are elements. Examples of these are:

-C (Carbon)

-Au (gold)

-O (oxygen)

Carbon by itself is an element. If it combines with other elements, though, it becomes a molecule.

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