Exploring the Impact of Animals on the Carbon Cycle

The video explains the carbon cycle, highlighting how carbon moves through plants, animals, and oceans. It discusses how carbon is stored in the ground and released through natural processes like volcanic eruptions. Human activities, such as burning fossil fuels, have disrupted this cycle, leading to global warming. The video suggests solutions like growing more plants, using renewable energy, and carbon capture to mitigate these effects. It concludes with a promotion for Vox Video Lab membership.

What do plants and microorganisms convert carbon dioxide into?

• Water and minerals

• Oxygen and sugar

• Soil and sand

• Heat and light

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How do animals contribute to the carbon cycle?

• By creating fossil fuels

• By absorbing carbon dioxide directly from the air

• By emitting carbon dioxide through respiration

• By converting carbon dioxide to water

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What happens to animals and plants after they die?

• They immediately turn into fossil fuels

• They are preserved intact forever

• They decompose and can become part of the ground

• They evaporate into the atmosphere

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How do coral and plankton in the ocean get carbon?

• From underwater volcanoes

• By hunting smaller sea creatures

• By absorbing it directly from the atmosphere

• Through the water, which absorbs carbon from the atmosphere

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What can cause trapped carbon to be released into the atmosphere over time?

• Tidal waves

• Lightning strikes

• Forest fires

• Volcanic eruptions

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What is the role of volcanoes in the carbon cycle?

• They cool down the Earth's atmosphere

• They release trapped carbon back into the atmosphere

• They absorb carbon dioxide from the air

• They produce oxygen

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What recent human activity has disrupted the carbon cycle?

• Building more coral reefs

• Increasing ocean water temperature

• Digging up and burning fossil fuels

• Planting more trees

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What is a consequence of too much carbon in the atmosphere?

• Increased global warming

• Decreased plant growth

• Decreased ocean levels

• Increased global cooling

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What is one way to remove carbon from the atmosphere?

• Reduce the amount of sunlight

• Grow more plants and trees

• Increase the use of fossil fuels

• Increase global temperatures

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What technology is being developed to fight climate change?

• Machines that increase the Earth's orbit

• Machines that extract and store carbon from the atmosphere

• Machines that create artificial clouds

• Machines that convert carbon dioxide into oxygen

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