Keeping up with carbon

On land, plants take in carbon through​ (a)   , then animals (b)   it out or it moves up the​ (c)   . When things die and decay, the carbon is returned to the​ (d)  

• photosynthesis
• breathe
• food chain
• soil

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Which statements below are true about the oceans role in the carbon cycle? Choose all that apply.

• The ocean is a carbon "sink" because it absorbs carbon

• The ocean takes up carbon through both biological and physical processes

• The ocean holds 50 times more carbon than the atmosphere

• The oceans cannot hold any carbon.

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What role does phytoplankton play in (answer both questions below):

1. 1. Food chains in the ocean?

2. 2. Making the ocean the largest reservoir of carbon?

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As carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas, increases in the atmosphere, the temperature on the planet will ________

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Which is NOT a possible effect (on oceans) of increased atmospheric carbon dioxide?

• Warming the oceans

• Making them less effective at taking in carbon

• Increasing the cycling of nutrients from deeper to shallower water

• Making the oceans more acidic

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At the beginning of the video (first question), there is a statement that I would make a change on. When the video states that "animals breathe out the carbon," they should have also included __ because they also do the process of cellular __ (which is "breathing).

(a)   ​ (b)  

• plants
• respiration
• photosynthesis

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