08 Earth - Climate 1

What is the name of the process that removes carbon dioxide from the air?

• Respiration

• Transpiration

• Photosynthesis

• Combustion

Select the organisms that remove carbon dioxide from the air.

• Green plants

• Algae

• Badgers

• Insects

In what form is carbon released into the air during respiration?

• Solid carbon

• Particulates

• Carbon monoxide

• Carbon dioxide

What is carbon made into in respiration?

• Carbon

• Glucose

• Carbon monoxide

• Carbon dioxide

How does carbon get from the air into your body?

• Transpiration

• Photosynthesis

• Respiration

• Digestion

if there is a fire in a forest, there will be less _ in the environment?

• nitrogen

• oxygen

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

• True

• False

How is the burning of fossil fuels related to global warming?

• Magic

• Fuels are hot

• Greenhouse effect

• Photosynthesis

Which of the following is an example of a decomposer?

• Owl

• Fish

• Tree

• Mushroom

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

• water

• nutrients

• air

• fossil fuels