Carbon Cycle Quiz Review

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

• True

• False

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Match the sphere with it's definition

• Land

• Hydrosphere

• Life

• Biosphere

• Air

• Atmosphere

• Water

• Geosphere

Match the carbon transferring term with its definition as it relates to the carbon cycle

• glucose into CO2

• Photosynthesis

• CO2 into glucose

• Combustion

• eating

• Decomposition

• burning

• Consumption

• decay after dying

• Cellular Respiration

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Which of the following removes carbon from the atmosphere?

• Cellular Respiration

• Decomposition

• Photosynthesis

• Combustion

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Combustion is another word for __________

• Respiration

• Dying

• Burning

• Eating

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When humans burn fossil fuels, most of the carbon quickly enters the                       as carbon dioxide.

• Sun

• Geosphere

• Water

• Atmosphere

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Which processes release carbon dioxide into the atmosphere?

• Combustion

• Consumption

• Respiration

• Photosynthesis

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When organisms die, what process recycles the carbon that made up the organism?

• Decomposition

• Photosynthesis

• Combustion

• Erosion

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If the number of trees decreased, the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere would ________

• Stay the same

• Increase

• Decrease

• Not be affected

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What kind of organism takes out the most carbon from the atmosphere?

• Animals

• Plants

• Bacteria

• Humans

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