Carbon Cycle

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What does NOT produce carbon dioxide? Options: Photosynthesis, Burning Fossil Fuels, Animal respiration, Volcano eruption

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Photosynthesis

Front

Combustion is another word for __________.

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Burning

Front

Organisms that do not decompose can be buried and become what?

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fossil fuels

Front

Which of the following removes carbon from the atmosphere? Options: Combustion, Respiration, Photosynthesis, Death

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Photosynthesis

Front

What process occurs when coal (fossil fuel) is used for energy?

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Combustion

Front

Respiration is the process by which animals take in _____ and release _____.

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oxygen, carbon dioxide

Front

The average temperature of the surface of Earth has increased approximately 1°C in the past century. Which reason best explains this increase in temperature? Options: lower levels of ozone in the atmosphere, lower levels of nitrogen in the atmosphere, higher levels of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, higher levels of oxygen in the atmosphere

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higher levels of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases in the atmosphere

Front

If there is a fire in a forest, there will be less ___________ in the environment?

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oxygen

Front

If the plant population decreased, the amount of carbon would _________. Options: Stay the same, Increase, Decrease

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Increase

Front

The circulation of the element Carbon among Earth's atmosphere, land, oceans, and organisms is called _____________.

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the Carbon Cycle