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Carbon Cycle

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
oxygen is a gas produced by _ and used by  _ 
a)
plants and animals 
b)
photosynthesis and carbon dioxide 
c)
animals and plants 
d)
carbon dioxide and photosynthesis
2.
All of the carbon in existence is continually recycled in the carbon cycle
a)
True
b)
False
3.
Which of the following removes carbon from the atmosphere?
a)
Combustion
b)
Respiration
c)
Photosynthesis
d)
Death
4.
What does NOT produce carbon dioxide?
a)
Photosynthesis
b)
Burning Fossil Fuels
c)
Animal respiration
d)
Plants decaying
5.
Combustion is another word for __________.
a)
Transportation
b)
Respiration
c)
Fossil Fuels
d)
Burning
6.

Which gas do plants release, that humans depend on for survival?

a)

Water

b)

Carbon Dioxide

c)

Oxygen

d)

Sugar

7.

Plants use ____________ to make their own food

a)

Water

b)

Sunlight

c)

Carbon dioxide

d)

All of these

8.
Respiration is the process by which animals take in _____ and release _____. 
a)
photosynthesis, air
b)
carbon, oxygen
c)
oxygen
d)
oxygen, carbon dioxide
9.

Which statement is an example of how carbon moves through a food chain as part of the cycle?

a)

Producers release carbon dioxide, and consumers take it it.

b)

Producers take in carbon dioxide, and consumers release it.

c)

Producers take in carbon from the soil, and they release it when they decompose.

d)

Producers release carbon into the soil, and consumers take it in from the soil.

10.
Organisms that do not decompose can be buried and become what?
a)
water
b)
nutrients
c)
air
d)
fossil fuels
11.
When humans burn fossil fuels, most of the carbon quickly enters the                       as carbon dioxide.
a)
Water
b)
Atmosphere
c)
Sun
d)
Air
12.

Which process(es) release carbon dioxide into the atmosphere?

a)

respiration

b)

combustion

c)

photosynthesis

d)

feeding

13.

What type of organism receives carbon present in dead plants and animals?

a)

producer

b)

primary consumer

c)

secondary consumer

d)

decomposer

14.

Which process removes carbon dioxide from the atmosphere?

a)

deforestation

b)

tree farms

c)

burning fossil fuels

d)

cellular respiration

15.

When organisms die, what process returns their carbon back into the atmosphere?

a)

Respiration

b)

Decomposition

c)

Combustion

d)

Erosion