WSHS Carbon Cycle

How do living organisms return carbon to the atmosphere in the carbon cycle?

• respiration and photosynthesis

• decomposition and respiration

Which word/phrase does not fit?

• sedimentation

• respiration

• emissions

• volcanic eruptions

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

Select all of the storages of the carbon cycle

• ocean

• clouds

• living organisms

• fossil fuels

• atmosphere

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

What is happening at 2?

• respiration: releasing carbon dioxide

• turning carbon dioxide from the atmosphere into organic molecules

• decomposing carbon dioxide in the soil

• photosynthesis: absorbing carbon dioxide

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

What is happening at 1?

• turning the carbon dioxide from the atmosphere into organic molecules

• respiration: releasing carbon dioxide

• photosynthesis: absorbing carbon dioxide

• decomposing carbon dioxide in the soil

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Which of the following removes carbon from the atmosphere?

• death

• respiration

• photosynthesis

• combustion

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

How does carbon get from underground deposits (fossil fuels) into the atmosphere?

• decompsition

• deposition

• photosynthesis

• combustion

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

What is happening at 4?

• Turning carbon dioxide from the atmosphere into organic molecules

• decomposing carbon dioxide in the soil

• respiration: releasing carbon dioxide

• photosynthesis: absorbing carbon dioxide

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Which of the following is the correct equation for PHOTOSYNTHESIS?

• CO₂ + light + H₂O --> O₂ + sugar

• CO₂ + O₂ + H₂O --> light + sugar

• O₂ + light + H₂O --> CO₂ + sugar

• CO₂ + sugar + H₂O --> O₂ + light

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

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

• fossil fuels

• water

• nutrients

• air