Climate Change, Carbon Cycle, Photosynthesis

Match the following definitions to the correct vocabulary words.

• Photosynthesis

• process by which light energy is converted to chemical energy; produces sugar and oxygen from carbon dioxide and water

• Cellular Respiration

• process of producing ATP by breaking down carbon-based molecules when oxygen is present

• Chloroplast

• organelle composed of numerous membranes that are used to convert solar energy into chemical energy; found in plant cells

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

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

During respiration, carbon moves from ________ to ________.

• plant;animal
• plant;sky
• animal;sky
• sky;animal

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

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.HS-LS2-3

NGSS.HS-LS2-5

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

• Hydrosphere

• Geosphere

• Atmosphere

• Biosphere

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

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

oxygen is a gas produced by _ and used by  _ 

• plants and animals 
• photosynthesis and carbon dioxide 
• animals and plants 
• carbon dioxide and photosynthesis

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

Combustion is another word for __________.

• Transportation
• Respiration
• Fossil Fuels
• Burning

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NGSS.MS-PS1-5

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

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