Carbon Cycle

What are the two main reservoirs for carbon dioxide?

• Ocean, fossil fuels

• Ocean, atmosphere

• Atmosphere, fossil fuels

• Calcium Carbonate, ocean

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Which of the following is a major carbon sink?

• Ocean

• Atmosphere

• Calcium Carbonate

• None of the above

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____________________ is a part of oceans, air, rocks, soil, and all living things.

• Nitrogen

• Water

• Carbon

• Silver

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How is the carbon cycle similar to the water cycle?

• Both involve liquid substances falling to the Earth from the atmosphere?

• Neither process works at low temperature.

• Both involve the transfer of substances between animals, plants, and the Earth.

• Both involve the transfer of substances between the earth and outer space.

What is a carbon sink?

• Something that adds to the atmosphere.

• Something that removes carbon from the atmosphere.

• Something that adds carbon to the earth's crust.

• Something that removes carbon from the earth's crust.

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Which of these historical events led to a major imbalance in the carbon cycle?

• The American Civil War

• The American Revolution

• The Industrial Revolution

• The French Revolution

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How does carbon become locked inside the earth?

• Tree roots expel carbon into the soil as they grow.

• Humans use machines to pump carbon dioxide into large underground rocks.

• Rocks become richer in carbon as time goes by.

• The carbon-rich bodies of plants and animals decay into the earth after they die.

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When animals eat plants, the carbon that the plant contains is absorbed by the animals.

• True

• False

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Carbon moves from fossil fuels to the atmosphere when fuels are burned.

• True

• False

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Which describes the relationship between plants and animals in the carbon cycle?

• Plants produce and release oxygen that animals need

• Plants produce and release carbon dioxide that animals need

• Animals produce and release oxygen that plants need

• Animals produce oxygen that plants turn into carbon dioxide

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