Carbon Cycle

Front

What process involves plants taking in carbon dioxide to produce glucose?

Back

Photosynthesis

Front

Which of the following is a natural reservoir that accumulates and stores carbon?

Greenhouse

,

Carbon Sink

,

Feeding

,

Fossil Fuels

Back

Carbon Sink

Front

What releases carbon dioxide into the atmosphere when animals breathe out?

Back

Respiration

Front

Which process describes the breakdown of organic matter by bacteria and fungi?

Back

Decomposition

Front

What is the result of burning fossil fuels?

Back

Combustion

Front

Combustion is another word for __________.

Back

Burning

Front

All of the carbon in existence is continually recycled in the carbon cycle. TRUE or FALSE?

Back

True

Front

What process occurs when coal (fossil fuel) is used for energy? Options: Decomposition, Combustion, Pressurization, Respiration

Back

Combustion

Front

How does carbon get into the soil?

Back

When a human dies, when a plant dies, when an animal dies

Front

Do animals decomposing into the ground increase the amount of carbon in the soil?

Back

True