Carbon Cycle

What does NOT produce carbon dioxide?

• Photosynthesis
• Burning Fossil Fuels
• Animal respiration
• Plants decaying

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

Combustion is another word for __________.

• Transportation
• Respiration
• Fossil Fuels
• Burning

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

• water
• nutrients
• air
• fossil fuels

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NGSS.HS-ESS2-6

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

Which of the following removes carbon from the atmosphere?

• Combustion
• Respiration
• Photosynthesis
• Death

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

What process occurs when coal (fossil fuel) is used for energy?

• Decomposition
• Combustion
• Pressurization 
• Respiration 

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NGSS.MS-PS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS1-5

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

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

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

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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NGSS.HS-ESS2-6

How do carbon emissions lead to global warming?

• By trapping the sun's heat in the atmosphere.

• By causing very hot volcanic eruptions.

• Rocks become richer in carbon as time goes by.

• By increasing the amount of carbon in the earth's crust

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-5

The diagram shows the flow of organic molecules through an ecosystem. What process is identified by the label Y?

• Combustion

• Decomposition

• Photosynthesis

• Cellular Respiration