Carbon Cycle Game

PRE-INDUSTRIAL
Prior to the industrial revolution, scientists estimate that the amount of carbon in the atmosphere was around _______ gigatons.

• 560 Gt

• 100 Gt

• 1000 Gt

• 650 Gt

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NGSS.HS-ESS2-6

NGSS.HS-ESS3-5

PRE-INDUSTRIAL
Plants take carbon dioxide and water from the atmosphere and turn them into sugar (glucose), oxygen and stored energy in a process called _______________.

• Photosynthesis

• Respiration

• Mitosis

• Petrification

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

PRE-INDUSTRIAL

When organisms die, bacteria and other scavengers break down their tissues making _________.

• soil

• limestone

• photosynthesis

• sediments

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

PRE-INDUSTRIAL
Fossil fuels include carbon rich materials such as ​ (a)   , ​ (b)   , and ​ (c)  

• sunlight
• coal
• crude oil
• natural gas

PRE-INDUSTRIAL
Approximately 90 Gt of carbon are exchanged between the (a)   and the ​ (b)   each year.​

• geosphere
• biosphere
• ocean water
• atmosphere

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

PRE-INDUSTRIAL
Carbon dioxide can dissolve into ocean water.

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

POST-INDUSTRIAL
Atmospheric carbon has increased in the post-industrial era mainly due to ​ (a)   , ​ (b)   , and ​ (c)   .

• fossil fuel combustion
• deforestation
• alteration of land use
• solar power
• wind turbines

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NGSS.HS-ESS2-6

NGSS.HS-ESS3-1

POST-INDUSTRIAL
Changes in land use have resulted in changes in the types of plants that grow there. 
Old plants (forests) that have been removed stored more carbon than the new plants
(​​ (a)   ) that have replaced them. ​

• grasslands & farms
• parking lots
• tropical rainforests
• desert cactus

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

POST-INDUSTRIAL
Farming practices have affected the soil causing it to store ________ than it has in the past.

• less carbon

• more carbon

• more nutrients

• less nutrients

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NGSS.MS-LS2-5

POST-INDUSTRIAL
Things such as ___________, ____________, and ____________ have caused a dramatic increase in the burning of fossil fuels.

• plastic
• cars

• electricity

• lead ingot smelting

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4