Carbon Cycle and Law of Conservation of Energy and Mass

What process involves plants taking in carbon dioxide to produce glucose?

• Combustion

• Respiration

• Decomposition

• Photosynthesis

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What releases carbon dioxide into the atmosphere when animals breathe out?

• Feeding

• Photosynthesis

• Respiration

• Excretion

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Which process describes the breakdown of organic matter by bacteria and fungi?

• Carbon Sink

• Combustion

• Excretion

• Decomposition

What is the result of burning fossil fuels?

• Respiration

• Carbon Sink

• Combustion

• Photosynthesis

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Combustion is another word for __________.

• Transportation
• Respiration
• Fossil Fuels
• Burning

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TRUE or FALSE?
All of the carbon in existence is continually recycled in the carbon cycle.

• True
• False

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How does carbon get into the soil?

• when a human dies
• When a plant dies
• when an animal dies
• all of the above

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Photosynthesis takes carbon out of ....?

• soil
• water and atmosphere
• decaying animals
• fossil fuels

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Which process in the carbon cycle involves the release of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere by plants and animals?

• Photosynthesis

• Decomposition

• Respiration

• Carbon Sequestration

What organisms in the ocean absorb the most

carbon dioxide?

• Algae and marine plants

• Ocean mammals, like whales and dolphins

• Fish

• Coral

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