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Which process removes carbon dioxide from the atmosphere?

• deforestation

• tree farms

• burning fossil fuels

• cellular respiration

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Which of the following is correct?

• There is as much carbon on earth as when it was formed

• Carbon is being created whenever it is recycled

• Carbon is lost every time it is recycled

• Carbon changes to different forms and is never recovered

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What organisms form fossils?

• animals

• plants and animals

• CaCO2

• sedimentary rocks

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Which of the following removes carbon from the atmosphere?

• Combustion
• Respiration
• Photosynthesis
• Death

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Which process converts carbon in the form of sugar into carbon dioxide gas?

• Bioremediation
• Photosynthesis
• Respiration
• Transpiration

How is the carbon cycle similar to the water cycle?

• Both involve liquid substances falling to the Earth from the atmosphere?

• Neither process works at low temperature.

• Both involve the transfer of substances between animals, plants, and the Earth.

• Both involve the transfer of substances between the earth and outer space.

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Bacteria fix nitrogen on plant roots. Plant roots provide sugar to bacteria. This is an example of

• mutualism
• parasitism
• commensalism
• competition

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How nitrogen is "fixed" into useable form for plants

• only through action of bacteria
• only through lightning
• through action of bacteria & lightning
• through photosynthesis

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Organism that breaks down dead plants & animals and releases nitrogen back into atmosphere

• bacteria
• plants
• animals
• producers

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How plants get the nitrogen they need

• from the air
• from the soil or water in which they live
• from the Sun
• from broken down rocks

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