Carbon Cycle Vocabulary

What is the process called where plants use the sun's energy to change water and carbon dioxide into sugars and oxygen?

• Cellular Respiration

• Combustion

• Photosynthesis

• Decomposition

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

What is the ultimate source of energy for all living things?

• The Moon

• The Sun

• Fossil Fuels

• Water

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

What is the term for an organism that can create its own food?

• Heterotroph

• Autotroph

• Decomposer

• Consumer

Which gas is an example of a greenhouse gas?

• Oxygen

• Nitrogen

• Carbon Dioxide

• Helium

What is the process called when dead plants and animals become fossils and slowly turn into coal or oil?

• Photosynthesis

• Fossilization

• Combustion

• Decomposition

What is released into the atmosphere when fossil fuels are burned?

• Oxygen

• Carbon Dioxide

• Nitrogen

• Hydrogen

What is the term for the breakdown of dead matter and wastes by decomposers?

• Combustion

• Photosynthesis

• Decomposition

• Fossilization

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Which of the following is a reactant of photosynthesis?

• Oxygen

• Glucose

• Sunlight

• ATP

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

What is the form of carbon released into the atmosphere?

• Glucose

• Carbon Dioxide

• Methane

• Oxygen

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

What is the natural situation in which heat is retained in Earth's atmosphere by gases?

• Photosynthesis

• Greenhouse Effect

• Cellular Respiration

• Fossilization

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-5