B-LS2-5 Carbon Cycle

How does the carbon in grass become part of a lion?

• The lion eats the grass
• Carbon from grass doesn't end up in a lion. 
• The carbon ends up in the lion's food chain. 
• The lion breathes in carbon given out by the plant

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

• oxygen

• nutrients

• calcium carbonates

• fossil fuels

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If the plant population decreased, the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere would _________.

• Stay the same

• Increase

• Decrease

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In the carbon cycle, animals can release carbon back into the cycle through __________ or through __________.

• burning . . . photosynthesis

• fixation . . . decomposition

• decomposition . . . photosynthesis

• respiration . . . decomposition

• respiration . . . photosynthesis

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If a forest fire occurs, what will happen to the carbon in the forest?

• It will go into the soil

• It will go into the atmosphere

• It will runoff into nearby streams and rivers

• It will be destroyed

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Check all the ways that carbon dioxide is ADDED to the atmosphere.

• Respiration

• Combustion

• Photosynthesis

• Diffusion

• Decomposition

Check all the ways that carbon dioxide is REMOVED from the atmosphere.

• Respiration

• Combustion

• Photosynthesis

• Diffusion

• Decomposition

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Which model accurately shows the ways that carbon atoms cycle?

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The carbon cycle includes processes that release carbon dioxide into the atmosphere and places that act as carbon reservoirs. The diagram in the image shows both major processes that release carbon and major carbon reservoirs.

Which of these disruptions would cause an excess output in the carbon cycle?

• The destruction of terrestrial biota

• Increases in marine biota

• A reduction in the use of fossil fuels

• A thickening of ocean sediments

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What is happening at 1?

• respiration: releasing CO2
• decomposing CO2 in the soil
• photosynthesis: absorbing CO2
• turning CO2 from the atmosphere into organic molecules

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