Carbon Cycle Quiz Review

What is one way carbon dioxide is removed from the atmosphere?

• Through transpiration
• Through photosynthesis
• Through evaporation

• Sunlight

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Which process takes Carbon Dioxide from the air and converts it into a form of carbon used by living things?

• Precipitation
• Photosynthesis
• Respiration
• Bioremdiation

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Respiration is the process by which ____________ is consumed and _______________ is produced.

• Carbon, Oxygen
• Oxygen, Carbon dioxide
• H20, oxygen
• Carbon, H2O

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Carbon dioxide is added to the atmosphere by

• Burning fossil fuels 
• Cellular respiration
• Decomposing organic matter
• All answers are correct

What is true about nutrients in the ecosystem (such as water, carbon, and nitrogen)?

• They are not affected by humans in the ecosystem.

• They cannot be recovered if they are lost in the ecosystem.

• They cycle through the ecosystem in different forms to support life.

• They are usually only found in one form in the ecosystem to support life.

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What does NOT produce carbon dioxide?

• Photosynthesis
• Burning Fossil Fuels
• Animal respiration
• Plants decaying

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Combustion is another word for __________.

• Transportation
• Respiration
• Fossil Fuels
• Burning

Organisms that do not decompose can be buried and become what?

• water
• nutrients
• air
• fossil fuels

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Which of the following removes carbon from the atmosphere?

• Combustion
• Respiration
• Photosynthesis
• Death

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

What process occurs when coal (fossil fuel) is used for energy?

• Decomposition
• Combustion
• Pressurization 
• Respiration 

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