Earth's Climate and Carbon Cycle Quiz

What do you think is causing warming, and why is the rate of warming not consistent across the planet?

What do you notice about the relationship between temperature and atmospheric CO₂?

What had the range of atmospheric CO₂ levels been over the past 800,000 years prior to the Industrial Revolution?

How is the rate of change in atmospheric CO₂ different now than it was in the past?

What Earth systems are involved when a tree takes in CO₂ and later decays into the soil?

How does burning fossil fuels affect the amount of CO₂ in the atmosphere?

A student models the carbon cycle but forgets to include the ocean. What part of the cycle is missing?

What process removes CO₂ from the atmosphere and stores it in the biosphere?

Why does more CO₂ in the atmosphere cause Earth’s temperature to rise?

In a carbon cycle diagram, the color ______ represents locations where carbon accumulates over long periods of time, while the color ______ represents movement of carbon.

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