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WorksheetsCarbon & Nitrogen Cycle
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 10mins
How does carbon in a grass plant get into a lion?
The lion eats an antelope that ate the grass
Carbon from grass doesn't end up in a lion.
The lion absorbs the carbon given off by transpiration
The lion breathes in carbon given out by the plant
How is the carbon cycle similar to the water cycle?
Both involve liquid substances falling to the Earth from the atmosphere?
Neither process works at low temperature.
Both involve the transfer of substances between animals, plants, and the Earth.
Both involve the transfer of substances between the earth and outer space.
How does carbon become locked inside the earth?
Tree roots expel carbon into the soil as they grow.
Humans use machines to pump carbon dioxide into large underground rocks.
Rocks become richer in carbon as time goes by.
The carbon-rich bodies of plants and animals decay into the earth after they die.
What is the role of denitrifying bacteria
change nitrate back into nitrogen gas
change nitrogen gas into nitrate
absorb carbon dioxide in the soil
release oxygen gas into the atmosphere
We need nitrogen to make
proteins
enzymes
cells
all of these
