ecology unit NC study

This process removes carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.

• carbon cycle

• photosynthesis

• respiration

• Fossil fuels

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

1. This process adds carbon dioxide to the atmosphere.

• Photosynthesis

• Carboncycle

• Respiration

• Erosion

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-5

1. Burning these adds carbon dioxide to the atmosphere, warming the planet.

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NGSS.HS-ESS3-5

1. Large amounts of these green house gasses in the atmosphere may cause the climate to warm.

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-5

1. This process removes trees, destroying the habitats of some animals and causing less carbon dioxide to be removed from the atmosphere by trees.

• Acid Rain

• Erosion

• Deforastation

• Greenhouse gasses

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

1. Dumping fertilizers and hog waste into lakes and streams causes this to grow, which eventually kills fish and other aquatic organisms.

• Invasive species

• Algae blooms

• Erosion

• Deforstation

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NGSS.MS-LS2-5

1. Plants or animals, such as kudzu, that may grow out of control if they are brought to a place that has no natural predators.

• Erosion

• Acid rain

• Respiration

• Invasive species

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NGSS.MS-LS2-5

1. This is caused when people cut down plants in order to build new homes or parking lots.  There are no longer any plants to hold down the soil when it rains.

• Deforestation

• Erosion

• Algae Blooms

• Acid Rain

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

What is one way that carbon enters the atmosphere?

• Sunlight
• Vehicle emissions/Exhaust
• Ocean uptake
• Rain

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NGSS.HS-ESS2-6

NGSS.HS-LS2-5

The carbon cycle includes processes that release carbon dioxide into the atmosphere and places that act as carbon reservoirs. The diagram in the image shows both major processes that release carbon and major carbon reservoirs.

Which of these disruptions would cause an excess output in the carbon cycle?

• The destruction of terrestrial biota

• Increases in marine biota

• A reduction in the use of fossil fuels

• A thickening of ocean sediments

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3