Water and Carbon Cycle Quiz

What does the carbon cycle refer to?

• The way carbon changes as it moves in the environment

• the processing of carbon films in old cameras

• the element carbon from the periodic table

• the development of the Earth prior to the presence of oxygen

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What does respiration have to do with the carbon cycle?

• It releases carbon into the air.

• It is step three.

• It is a type of carbon.

• It turns water into ice.

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How is carbon removed from the atmosphere?

• respiration in humans

• photosynthesis in humans

• respiration in plants

• photosynthesis in plants

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Decomposition is

• the burning of material to recycle it.

• the transfer of water molecules from plants to the atmosphere.

• water soaking into the ground.

• reaction that breaks down compounds into simpler products.

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Combustion is

• burning of material that releases carbon from fossil fuels

• water slowly soaking into the ground

• process of carbon being released from plants into the atmosphere

• slow reaction that breaks down compounds into simpler products

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Define the water cycle.

• the loss of water through the leaves of plants

• the continuous movement of water in all its forms

• a large mass of ice and snow moving on land

• water that flows over Earth's surface

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Evaporation is

• a magic trick

• the process of turning from a solid to a liquid

• the process of turning from a liquid into a gas

• the process of turning from a gas into a liquid

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Condensation is

• the process of turning a liquid into a solid.

• the process of turning a liquid into a gas.

• the process of turning a gas into a liquid.

• the process of turning a gas into a solid.

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

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Which word refers to the evaporation of water vapor from plants into the atmosphere?

• precipitation

• condensation

• transpiration

• combustion

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Carbon in the atmosphere is usually found in the form of

• calcium carbonate

• sodium bicarbonate

• glucose

• carbon dioxide