Carbon and Nitrogen in the Ecosystem
Authored by Charles Martinez
Biology
9th - 12th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Why is combustion an important process in the carbon cycle?
It turns fossil fuels into carbon dioxide.
It turns once living things and organic matter into fossil fuels.
It turns carbon dioxide into glucose, so animals can eat the carbon.
It turns glucose into carbon dioxide, which gets released into the air.
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is true about nutrients in the ecosystem (such as water, carbon, and nitrogen)?
They are not affected by humans in the ecosystem.
They cannot be recovered if they are lost in the ecosystem.
They cycle through the ecosystem in different forms to support life.
They are usually only found in one form in the ecosystem to support life.
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NGSS.MS-LS2-3
NGSS.MS-LS1-6
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Why is respiration an important process in the carbon cycle?
It turns fossil fuels into carbon dioxide.
It turns once living things and organic matter into fossil fuels.
It turns carbon dioxide into glucose, so animals can eat the carbon.
It turns glucose into carbon dioxide, which gets released into the air.
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NGSS.HS-LS2-5
NGSS.HS-LS1-7
NGSS.HS-LS2-3
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Why is photosynthesis an important process in the carbon cycle?
It turns fossil fuels into carbon dioxide.
It turns once living things and organic matter into fossil fuels.
It turns carbon dioxide into glucose, so animals can eat the carbon.
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NGSS.MS-LS2-3
NGSS.MS-LS1-6
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
How does a lion obtain the carbon it needs from a grass plant?
The lion breathes in carbon given off by the grass.
The lion cannot obtain the carbon in a grass plant.
The lion absorbs the carbon given off by transpiration.
The lion eats the antelope that ate the grass.
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NGSS.MS-LS2-3
NGSS.MS-LS1-6
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Within the carbon cycle, anything that absorbs more carbon from the atmosphere than it releases.
carbon sink
carbon source
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NGSS.HS-ESS2-6
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Within the carbon cycle, anything that releases more carbon into the atmosphere than it absorbs.
carbon sink
carbon source
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NGSS.HS-ESS2-6
NGSS.HS-LS2-5
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