Carbon Cycle

Respiration is the process by which animals take in _____ and release _____ to make energy. 

• photosynthesis, air
• carbon, oxygen
• oxygen
• oxygen, carbon dioxide

Which of the following removes carbon from the atmosphere?

• Combustion
• Respiration
• Photosynthesis
• Death

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

Carbon can be found in...

• The atmosphere
• Soil
• Fossil fuels
• All of the above

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

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

• water
• nutrients
• air
• fossil fuels

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Which of the following is correct?

• There is as much carbon on earth as when it was formed

• Carbon is being created whenever it is recycled

• Carbon is lost every time it is recycled

• Carbon changes to different forms and is never recovered

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Which process removes carbon dioxide from the atmosphere?

• deforestation

• tree farms

• burning fossil fuels

• cellular respiration

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

Which process contributes carbon dioxide to the atmosphere?

• respiration

• photosynthesis

• tree farms

Through food chains, the carbon that is in plants moves to the animals that eat them. When an animal eats another animal, carbon is ___________________.

• released

• transferred

• dissolved

• gone

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

With the help of the Sun, through the process of photosynthesis, carbon dioxide is pulled from the air to make plant________

• leaves

• food

• roots

• nutrients

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

The average temperature of the surface of Earth has increased approximately 1°C in the past century. Which reason best explains this increase in temperature?

• lower levels of ozone in the atmosphere
• lower levels of nitrogen in the atmosphere
• higher levels of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases in the atmosphere
• higher levels of oxygen in the atmosphere

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-5