Quiz about APES: 1.4 - The Carbon Cycle

Question 1

Through which process does carbon enter the soil through dead plant or animal matter.

Accepted Answer

Decay (decomposition)

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Respiration

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Photosynthesis

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Diffusion

Question 2

Which of the following processes do NOT produce carbon dioxide?

Accepted Answer

Photosynthesis

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Burning Fossil Fuels

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Animal respiration

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Plants decaying

Question 3

Dead plants and animals that contain carbon can be buried and become what?

Accepted Answer

fossil fuels

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water

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fire

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air

Question 4

Carbon can be found in... (Mark all that are correct!)

Accepted Answer

Plants

Accepted Answer

The atmosphere

Accepted Answer

Soil

Accepted Answer

Fossil fuels

Question 5

When humans burn fossil fuels, most of the carbon quickly enters the as carbon dioxide.

Accepted Answer

Atmosphere

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Water

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Sun

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Air

Question 6

This sphere (reservoir) is made up of the rocky outer layer of Earth.

Accepted Answer

Geosphere

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Atmosphere

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Biosphere

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Hydrosphere

Question 7

This sphere (reservoir) is the air that surrounds the Earth.

Accepted Answer

Atmosphere

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Biosphere

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Hydrosphere

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Geosphere

Question 8

This sphere (reservoir) is all the water on Earth including in the air, oceans, rivers, streams, and underground.

Accepted Answer

Hydrosphere

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Atmosphere

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Biosphere

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Geosphere

Question 9

This sphere (reservoir) includes all life on Earth.

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Biosphere

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Atmosphere

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Hydrosphere

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Geosphere

Question 10

True or False: All living things contain carbon.

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True

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False

Question 11

How does carbon move from the atmosphere to the biosphere?

Accepted Answer

Plants absorb it for photosynthesis

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Animals eat it from the ground

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It diffuses into the plants

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It is taken in through respiration

Question 12

How does carbon move from the biosphere to the lithosphere?

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Plants and animals release carbon into soil as they decay

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Plants and animals release carbon into the air through respiration

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Plants and animals release carbon into soil by weathering and erosion

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Plants and animals release carbon into the ocean through diffusion

Question 13

How does carbon move from plants to humans?

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Humans eat the plants

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Humans inhale the carbon plants release

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Plants release carbon into the atmosphere and humans breathe it in

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Humans do not get carbon from plants

Question 14

Geosphere

Accepted Answer

The mostly solid, rocky part of the Earth; extends from the center of the core to the surface of the crust.

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where carbon is stored in living and non-living things. Includes the atmosphere, hydrosphere, lithosphere, and biosphere.

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Movement of molecules from an area of higher concentration to an area of lower concentration. This occurs between the atmosphere and hydrosphere.

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Process that releases energy by breaking down glucose and other food molecules in the presence of oxygen

Question 15

Hydrosphere

Accepted Answer

All the water at and near the surface of the earth, 97% of which is in oceans

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An organism that obtains energy by feeding on other organisms

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Process that releases energy by breaking down glucose and other food molecules in the presence of oxygen

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The organic circulation of carbon from the atmosphere into organisms and back again

Question 16

Biosphere

Accepted Answer

Consists of all life on Earth and all parts of the Earth in which life exists, including land, water, and the atmosphere.

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A chemical reaction that breaks down compounds into simpler products.

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Process that releases energy by breaking down glucose and other food molecules in the presence of oxygen

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where carbon is stored in living and non-living things. Includes the atmosphere, hydrosphere, lithosphere, and biosphere.

Question 17

Atmosphere

Accepted Answer

A mixture of gases that surrounds a planet or moon.

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Process that releases energy by breaking down glucose and other food molecules in the presence of oxygen

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All the water at and near the surface of the earth, 97% of which is in oceans

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where carbon is stored in living and non-living things. Includes the atmosphere, hydrosphere, lithosphere, and biosphere.

Question 18

Combustion

Accepted Answer

A rapid reaction between oxygen and fuel that results in fire

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All the water at and near the surface of the earth, 97% of which is in oceans

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A mixture of gases that surrounds a planet or moon.

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An organism that obtains energy by feeding on other organisms

Question 19

Cellular respiration

Accepted Answer

Process that releases energy by breaking down glucose and other food molecules in the presence of oxygen

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A rapid reaction between oxygen and fuel that results in fire

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An organism that obtains energy by feeding on other organisms

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The organic circulation of carbon from the atmosphere into organisms and back again

Question 20

Photosynthesis

Accepted Answer

Uses the sun's energy to convert water and carbon dioxide into sugars

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Movement of molecules from an area of higher concentration to an area of lower concentration. This occurs between the atmosphere and hydrosphere.

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Consists of all life on Earth and all parts of the Earth in which life exists, including land, water, and the atmosphere.

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where carbon is stored in living and non-living things. Includes the atmosphere, hydrosphere, lithosphere, and biosphere.

Question 21

Decomposition

Accepted Answer

A chemical reaction that breaks down compounds into simpler products.

Answer

An organism that obtains energy by feeding on other organisms

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A rapid reaction between oxygen and fuel that results in fire

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Process that releases energy by breaking down glucose and other food molecules in the presence of oxygen

Question 22

Consumer

Accepted Answer

An organism that obtains energy by feeding on other organisms

Answer

A mixture of gases that surrounds a planet or moon.

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where carbon is stored in living and non-living things. Includes the atmosphere, hydrosphere, lithosphere, and biosphere.

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All the water at and near the surface of the earth, 97% of which is in oceans

Question 23

Reservoir

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where carbon is stored in living and non-living things. Includes the atmosphere, hydrosphere, lithosphere, and biosphere.

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Uses the sun's energy to convert water and carbon dioxide into sugars

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Consists of all life on Earth and all parts of the Earth in which life exists, including land, water, and the atmosphere.

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A chemical reaction that breaks down compounds into simpler products.

Question 24

Diffusion

Accepted Answer

Movement of molecules from an area of higher concentration to an area of lower concentration. This occurs between the atmosphere and hydrosphere.

Answer

A chemical reaction that breaks down compounds into simpler products.

Answer

Process that releases energy by breaking down glucose and other food molecules in the presence of oxygen

Answer

A rapid reaction between oxygen and fuel that results in fire

Question 25

Carbon cycle

Accepted Answer

The organic circulation of carbon from the atmosphere into organisms and back again

Answer

A mixture of gases that surrounds a planet or moon.

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The mostly solid, rocky part of the Earth; extends from the center of the core to the surface of the crust.

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where carbon is stored in living and non-living things. Includes the atmosphere, hydrosphere, lithosphere, and biosphere.

APES: 1.4 - The Carbon Cycle

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