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Which kind of land can store 20 to 100 times as much carbon as the other?

• natural ecosystems
• agricultural land

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These gases, such as carbon dioxide, trap heat in the Earth's atmosphere causing global warming

• Global warming gases
• Hot House gases
• Green House gases
• Thermal pollution

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Humans impose the largest negative impact on the carbon cycle by ________________

• cultivating crops
• burning fossil fuels
• harnessing solar power
• mining

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All of the carbon in existence is continually recycled in the carbon cycle

• True
• False

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Which is an example of a "carbon sink"?

• organic matter deposited on the deep ocean floor
• clear-cutting rainforests
• burning fossil fuels and releasing ancient and stored carbon into the atmosphere
• release of particulate matter that ends up on reflective surfaces over time

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The major long-term problem with using coal to generate electricity is the ________.

• environmental damage in the area around the mine
• water pollution
• carbon dioxide released

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Greenhouse gases change the composition of this layer?

• Troposphere

• Stratosphere

• Mesosphere

• Thermosphere

• Exosphere

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How does the earth regulate CO2 ?

• Rain

• Seasons

• Earthquakes

• Tsunamis

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Which of the following major reservoirs of carbon, stores in the form of carbon dioxide, is not represented in this diagram?

• algae

• soil bacteria

• the moon

• the ocean

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Which of the following are greenhouse gases?

• Carbon dioxide

• Methane

• Water vapor

• All answers are correct

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